The Christmas appetizer "Fried dragon"

1 eggplant

1 a pod of red pepper

vegetable oil

Sauce:

3-5 tbsp. sauce sweet chili

1-2 tbsp. sugar

1 tbsp. tomato paste

1 tbsp. rice vinegar

garlic

leeks

sesame oil

salt

Batter:

50 g flour
what kind of flour should I choose? we'll show

30 g corn starch

2 g baking powder

Chop the eggplant accordion, not cutting to the end, at an angle on the diagonal into slices the thickness of about a half-centimeter in size.

One end of the eggplant, about 1 cm thick to leave not cut - it will be the face of the dragon.

The same to be done, flipping the eggplant - get a kind of garland.

In a saucepan pour a little vegetable oil, heat, put the finely chopped leeks, garlic, tomato paste, fry lightly, then add the vinegar, sugar and a small amount of water, the sauce sweet chili, salt to taste, then pour in 1 tbsp. hot oil, sesame oil, mix well, remove from the stove.

Starch, flour and baking powder stir and cook is not too liquid batter by adding water, to dip in it as eggplant - the batter should spread out and inside cuts.

Deep-fry the eggplant until tender, lowering it slightly stretching.

After roasting with eggplant should drain excess oil.

Lay the eggplant on a flat dish, slightly having bent it, from top to pour over the sauce.

Red pepper finely chopped, set aside the portion for the language and the eyes of the dragon, before serving Christmas buffet appetizer Christmas "Fried dragon" sprinkled them and executed herbs to taste.