healthy snacking : aubergine

I posted on my FB wall about harvesting a cute "Eggplant" which my colleague corrected me that it's AUBERGINE. It's one of Manang Lor's (the Manang of my cousins) plant, she has a green thumb and she grew different veggies in our little space at our subdivision. So this is my cute harvest 

My cousins - well most of them are not Veggie lovers, so it has always been a challenge for me to do recipes that will not sound/taste "yucky veggies" to them. I made a different version of this before - sort of Lasagna type - Eggplant Parmigiana, but since the veggies are so small, I made a "Pica-Pica" version of this healthy snack.

What I did was,

1.) I cut the Aubergine crosswise, making round cuts (or we call it Rondelle in culinary term)

2.) I did a 3 step breading procedure (dredge in flour - then dip in egg wash - then covered it with bread crumbs) for the flour, I used Crispy Fry breading mix and used Japanese Bread crumbs

3.) I deep fried the aubergine till it turned golden brown

4.) After all slices were deep fried, I let the excess oil dry on a paper towel. 

5.) Arranged the fried aubergine in an oven toaster plate, topped with a teaspoon to 1 tbsp of Tomato Sauce (you can use either pizza sauce or flavored tomato sauce - for this recipe I used Clara Ole Chunky Tomato with Basil sauce) then finish it with grated quick melt cheese. Place inside the toaster for 3-5 minutes and cook til the cheese melts)

It's a healthy snack, and seriously I was really happy when I saw my brother and 4 cousins' faces lit up when they ate it - they were amazed coz it was VEGETABLE and it tasted good (they said so!). Go try this recipe :) 

this is the finish product: