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Requirements
- Wok
- Spatula
- Paper towel
Di san xian means the three fresh things from the earth: eggplant, potato, and green pepper. It comes from Dongbei, northeast China, where the winters are long and root vegetables keep for the longest. All three are first fried separately and then brought together in a light garlic sauce.
Fry the potato first and the eggplant after. Potato takes longer and the eggplant absorbs the oil that the potato has left behind, so the pan does not need to come back up to temperature.
It is a meatless dish that still stands strong on the table, and that is entirely due to the frying. The eggplant absorbs oil and therefore becomes almost creamy, the potato gets a crust, and besides that you need nothing else to make it filling.
Ingredients