Eggplant

Eggplant is a spherical, cylindrical, or egg-shaped vegetable with a shiny purple, purple-green, or purple-white skin.

Name origins

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Examples

Fried eggplant

Eggplant fried in oil, with or without breading

Long, light-purple eggplant variety

Turkey berry

species of plant

Contained by

Agedashi nasu

Japanese dish of deep-fried eggplant

Alinazik kebab

Turkish dish

Baba ganoush

Levantine dish of cooked eggplant

Baba Rannouj'

North African roasted eggplant dish

Badrijani

Georgian dish of eggplant stuffed with walnut and garlic

Baingan Aloo

Baingan bharta

South Asian dish of puréed grilled eggplant

Berenjenas con miel

Spanish dish with eggplants and honey

Bharli vangi

Indian stuffed eggplant from Maharashtra

Borani badenjan

Borani banjan

Persian and Afghan eggplant salad

Brinjal moju

Eggplant au gratin à la toulousaine

French dish of baked eggplant and tomato with breadcrumbs and garlic

Italian eggplant, tomato and cheese

Ensaladang talong

Escalivada

traditional food from Eastern Spain

Hong shao eggplant

Chinese dish of eggplant in dark garlic sauce

Hünkarbeğendi

salad based on eggplant

Karnıyarık

Turkish stuffed eggplant

Kashk e bademjan

Persian eggplant dish

Khoresh Bādenjān Lapeh

Iranian eggplant and yellow split stew

Kuku-ye bādenjān

genre of Persian and Azerbaijani food, made with egg as a binder and another ingredient

Liang ban qie zi

Makdous

Middle Eastern dish of oil-cured eggplant

Makheua Yao Pad Tao Jiao

Masala Gobi

Mast o badenjan

Persian yogurt dip with roasted eggplant and garlic

Melitzanosalata

salad based on eggplant

Mutabbal

Middle Eastern eggplant and tahini dip

Nasu dengaku

Patlıcan salatası

salad based on eggplant

Poqui poqui

Rummaneyye

Palestinian lentil eggplant stew

Salată de vinete

Romanian eggplant dish

Tombet

vegetable dish from Majorca

Tournedos Abrantès

Tournedos with eggplant and potatoes

Tum mak khua

Laotian eggplant salad.

Vangi Bath

South Indian dish

Yu xiang eggplant

Sichuan eggplant with spicy, sweet, vinegar sauce

Zaalouk

Moroccan dish

Categories: Fruit vegetable Tropical fruit Vegetable

Contained by: Agedashi nasu Alinazik kebab^tr Baba Rannouj' Baba ganoush Badrijani Baingan Aloo Baingan bharta^hi Berenjenas con miel^es Bharli vangi^mr Borani badenjan^fa Borani banjan^fa Brinjal moju Eggplant Parmigiana^it Eggplant au gratin à la toulousaine^fr Eggplant chutney Eggplant dish Eggplant pancake Ensaladang talong^fil Escalivada^es Hong shao eggplant Hünkarbeğendi Karnıyarık^tr Kashk e bademjan^fa Khoresh Bādenjān Lapeh^fa Kuku-ye bādenjān^fa Liang ban qie zi Makdous^ar Makheua Yao Pad Tao Jiao^th Masala Gobi Mast o badenjan^fa Melitzanosalata^el Mutabbal^ar Nasu dengaku^jp-ro Patlıcan salatası Poqui poqui^fil Rummaneyye^ar Salată de vinete^ro Tombet^es Tournedos Abrantès^fr Tum mak khua^lao Vangi Bath Yu xiang eggplant Zaalouk

Has language-specific term: Gaji^kr-ro

Subcategories: Fried eggplant Garden egg Globe eggplant Japanese eggplant^jp-ro Turkey berry

Also known as:

Amharic: bederganbederjan

Bulgarian: begun

Chinese: 茄子

Chinese (Romanized): qiézi

English: egg plantauberginemelongenebrinjalmelanzane

French: aubergine

German: aubergine

Hindi: bhainganbaignabaingan

Italian: melanzana