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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
If you have no ideas for your family’s upcoming meal, the delicious and unique eggplant soup cooked with fermented rice will be a great suggestion for you. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to make this soup right away and enjoy it with everyone.
Ingredients for Eggplant Soup with Fermented Rice For 2 people
Pork belly 300 gr Eggplant 5 pieces (about 1 kg) Fried tofu 100 gr Perilla leaves A little Fermented rice 100 gr Green onions A little Turmeric 1 bulb Seasoning powder 1 teaspoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Common spices A little (MSG/sugar/salt)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh eggplants
- Fresh eggplants are those with a shiny, even color, smooth skin, a fresh green stem, and tightly attached to the fruit body.
- You should choose eggplants that feel firm when held, and when you gently press the body, you can feel the firmness, not soft and mushy.
- Avoid choosing eggplants with wrinkled skin, bruises, or scratches, and a wilted stem as these are low-quality eggplants.
How to choose delicious, quality fried tofu
- When buying crispy fried tofu, you should choose pieces that are freshly fried, have a uniform yellow color, and a crispy outer layer.
- You should not choose fried tofu pieces that have been left for a long time, have an unusual smell, or have mold on the surface of the tofu.
- Additionally, you can buy white tofu and fry it at home using the recipe from TasteVN below.
How to choose fresh and delicious perilla leaves
- You should choose perilla leaves that have a smooth surface, are intact, and still fresh.
- You should buy perilla leaves that have a darker purple color near the stem, as they will be tastier and richer.
- You should not buy perilla leaves that are wilted, yellowing, bruised, or have a foul smell.
How to make Eggplant soup cooked with fermented rice
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the pork belly and cut it into bite-sized pieces, wash the eggplant and cut it into wedges. Wash the perilla leaves and chop them finely. Chop the green onions.
Peel the turmeric and slice it thinly. Slice the shallots thinly. Rinse the tofu gently with water and cut it into bite-sized cubes.
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Stir-fry the meat
You place a frying pan on the stove with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil; when the oil is hot, add sliced shallots and fry until fragrant. Next, add the meat and stir-fry on high heat for about 5 minutes until the meat is firm, then pour it into a separate bowl.
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Sauté Eggplant
You use the pan from earlier to sauté the eggplant. First, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pan; once the oil is hot, add the eggplant and 1/2 cup (rice bowl) of water and sauté evenly over high heat for about 5 minutes until the eggplant is just cooked.
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Cook Eggplant Soup with Fermented Rice
First, add the sautéed eggplant to a pot, then add about 1 liter of water to the pot. Cook over high heat until the water boils, then take a little water from the pot and add it to the fermented rice bowl, next filter the fermented water into the soup, discarding the solids.
Continue by adding fried tofu and sautéed meat to the soup pot. Add the following seasoning ingredients to the pot: 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate.
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Completion
Next, add turmeric and perilla leaves to the pot, cook over medium heat for about 2 more minutes, then turn off the heat.
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Final Product
Eggplant soup with fermented rice is refreshing and has a mild sweet taste. When eaten, you will feel the soft, sweet eggplant. This dish is best enjoyed with hot rice.
So, the delicious and attractive fermented rice eggplant dish is complete. What are you waiting for? Get into the kitchen and make this dish right away. Wish you success!
