Eat it

[einsteinwallah2]

Indians call Eggplant "Brinjal". Search Brinjal for Indian recipes. It is roasted on direct fire or steamed until soft. For roasting we use charcoal fire. A gnash lengthwise is made and eggplant is coated with some oil and placed on charcoal and turned every few minutes until entire thing is soft. Shrivels up a bit. Remove skin (charred if roasted) and soft flesh of brinjal is eaten bland or seasoned or curried.

[Caradog93]

Where do you get all of these wild and exotically named vegetables?

[Eliseharris]

@Caradog93 mostly Peckham. There are many fruit and vegetable markets!

[majesticmeteor]

Mmmmm, looks good!

Although I'd have put nacho flavored tortilla chips in it, and maybe instant oatmeal if I'd got it too soupy.

Ought to RE Video your "Spice" video to this or your "Chick pea surprise" video.

[thisisslipknot]

I live near London,that looks really nice.Well Done!5/5

[mychemicalcookie]

How to make unbitter eggplant: brown some meat in a pan with oil, add cubed (purple is what I prefer) eggplant, add some salt, soy sauce, maybe cooking wine and such, then cook until eggplant's soft. It's Chinese, I eat it all the time (minus meat. I iz veg.) with rice.

[Eliseharris]

How do you make it unbitter without the meat then? The salt method has its disadvantages.

[mychemicalcookie]

Technically, you can't exactly "debitter" it, but it will definitely make it much less bitter with soy sauce, add cooking wine if that doesn't work, or see authentic Chinese recipes for stir fry to see how they do it because I don't know the exact recipe. OR maybe because the eggplant you used had been aged for such a long time it altered the flavor. The next step I would try would be to get fresher eggplant. :)

[BigPimp238]

omg please open a restaurant it would be so awesome

[newstateonline]

Not fresh enough. Your british hay, where is the sense of humor, where is the passion for cooking. Terrible chef. You would lose the audience. 3/10

[Eliseharris]

Well no, if you mean the ingredients they were not terribly fresh since they were all left over props from my vegetable videos.

[katkongo]

that curry/stir-fry looks really nice. If you used Soy Sauce (if you had that) it would have probably made the eggplant less bitter

[shazhabeebee]

you look like nigela lawson

xxxxx lav ya xxx

your doing a grand job

[merpette]

Yaaay, stir-fry!

[marklloyd1000]

Its illegal in Britain to use more than 5 spices in one recipe.... expect a knock on the door from the police. I quite like apple crumble, could you do one of those please Elise, maybe with a hint of cinnamon ?

[star2heart]

kool ur a good healthy cook

[MaryDHarrison]

Why do you peel the aubergine - it will just go very soggy.

[Eliseharris]

I did not peel it - it had white skin. It was an eggplant-type one.

[gaybrigade]

who cares iff u have alot of weird veg

[tomthejackass6000]

bored wome

[mrflibblesthecat]

00:58 Turnip! ^^

[Eliseharris]

Oh yeah - sorry. It is tiny because it is a French variety turnip, and shrivelled from being in the bottom of the fridge for ages. I forgot I made a turnip video.

[mrflibblesthecat]

What the hell is up with that turnip? It's tiny o.O

[Eliseharris]

That was no turnip that was an aubergine. Or egg plant.

[MikeTBF2]

xD Pronounce Paprica wrong xD Papreeca I think...

[Eliseharris]

It's a regional think - you say paprika I say papreeka (or vice versa), let's call the whole thing off!

[MikeTBF2]

*Pats* Your an insane cook xD

[cheesefreak009]

This Is Hillarious

I Love It!!

=]

[IcecreamDream101]

Can I just ask Are you crazy ? You have a look about you that makes me scared

[SouthGate01]

sounds like a fake accent

[meleborn123]

Tht acctually looked really nice

[eatingutube]

It looks like everything became into the same "curry" taste, without any differentiation nor subtlety to an exigent zest appreciation... Savour is "to know" (sapore est sapere).

[jan9901]

sounds like my husband when he is cooking

[DieselBodine]

Anyone who eats vegetables like you do deserves 5 stars.

[Greatwhite75]

Tomato paste comes in a tube?

[4ofSwords]

It seems you might have had an auntie named "Julia"? What a natural!

[Larkall]

I have never seen tomato paste in a tube before!!!

[Eliseharris]

It usually comes in tubes over here. You can get little cans, but it's far more economical to get the tubes.

[Larkall]

Yayay!!!!

[LifeJourneyGuy]

Another great vid Elise!, and I cook the same way as you . . . just whatever seems like a good idea at the time! :) I'm glad you're enjoying your new camera too!

[marysiak]

I'm eating quinoa with oil and dried fruit. Yes, I have run out of food and I'm too lazy to buy any more.

[fatlittlefingers]

Lol, Marysia. In fridge, one egg, half bottle tomato katsup. In cupboard: pancake mix, one can of corn. Corn fritters!

Must have good coffee, though known to have instant with dried milk powder when desperate.

Good to see the props made a good meal, Elise. :D

[Eliseharris]

They tasted great! Although I have kept some of the others so long they are just mouldy. Think I might have to get rid of those.

[jwca]

Does your new camera with flash memory save bigger files than your tape camera (for similar type scene)?

[Eliseharris]

No. I have a 2 gig SD card in this and it will record around an hour and 15 minutes of footage. My other camera ends up with 3 gig files for about two minutes of footage with only a tiny improvement in resolution.

[MacGeeek]

Yeah, we certainly won't notice much difference here on YouTube. Ever try fried squash or fried green tomatoes? Those are my favorite fried veggies.

[Eliseharris]

Have baked squash but not fried it. Not fried green tomatoes - you would have to grow your own. My mum used to make green tomato chutney though.

[BAMSPLENO]

aubergine auberg-ha aubergine ...la la la life goes on

[Eliseharris]

heh.

[sossukuk]

yep, you can't go wrong with vegetables. oh, just had an image of the whitehouse flash before me. How exaclty would you cook a GW anyhow?

[listen2gibby]

Well Done!

[Jervns]

Just got off work and your makin me hungry.

[SimUK]

With your new camera these videos look more vlog-ish and a bit like a spoof - almost like the sort of thing you'd find filling 5 minutes on BBC2 totally at random one evening between programs.

[LoveCraken]

Like 3 minute wonder?