Learning how to cut eggplant would make it easy to use this delicious vegetable in many different recipes. Eggplants can be cut, peeled, sliced, diced etc. The type of recipe can decide, to a large extent, the way the eggplant requires to get chopped and peeled. Many varieties of eggplant have thick peels and peeling them prior to cooking becomes mandatory. Eggplant flesh is prone to browning when exposed to air and hence it is important to treat the exposed parts of the flesh with lemon juice so as to minimize the effect. We shall see how the eggplant can be cut in various ways to suit the myriad of recipes it is used in.

Cutting Eggplant into Slices

1. Take a firm eggplant and clean it under cold running water to get rid of dirt and grime.
2. Pat dry with a kitchen towel.
3. Cut off stem of eggplant.
4. Using a vegetable peeler, peel the skin off. Skin can be retained if recipe demands so.
5. Brush the peeled eggplant flesh with lemon juice so as to reduce the browning effect.
6. Place peeled eggplant side down on cutting board and using a sharp knife, make slices of desired thickness. Circular slices are ready to be made into delicious dishes like eggplant parmesan.
7. Alternatively, the cleaned and peeled eggplant can be cut lengthwise into two halves and then each half sliced into semicircular rings. These can be fried and baked as desired.
8. Apart from these two methods of slicing eggplant, they can be cut into big, whole slices for baking and in lasagna. The cleaned and peeled eggplant is cut lengthwise into two halves. The eggplant half is further sliced lengthwise to get big slices measuring the entire length of the vegetable.

Cut Eggplant into Cubes

Eggplant salads are very delicious. Eggplant has to be chopped into cubes and mixed with other ingredients for the perfect effect.

1. Clean the eggplant with water and peel it using a vegetable peeler.
2. Use a sharp knife to slice the eggplant into two halves.
3. Further divide the halves lengthwise, making several cuts in straight line.
4. Now, cut crosswise to end up with cubes of eggplant.

Eggplant is a delicious and popular vegetable. Get to know more about how to cut eggplant here and use the skill to prepare many more dishes of this ingredient.

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