Holiday salad with eggplant: 6 recipes

Blue is the color of the patroness of the coming of 2014, so it is believed that eggplant is one of the best candidates for the holiday table. Eggplant can be cooked a lot of dishes, but today we will talk about a delicious festive salads.

Usually used for salads fried eggplant, and the rules of preparation of this vegetable here are the same as in the case of other dishes: cut, add salt, leave, rinse, Pat dry and fry until desired Golden.

In more rare cases for salads use boiled or baked eggplant - it all depends on the recipe.

As companions for eggplant perfect other vegetables - peppers, tomatoes, sweet onions, parsley, olives, hot peppers, but to fill these salads can all types of sauces used for the most common salad - mayonnaise, butter, yogurt, etc.

Of the total will move on to specifics. In this article we have collected some good recipes for delicious and appetizing salads that can be prepared with eggplant and apply for a festive table.

The first recipe: Salad with spicy eggplant and cheese

You will need: 100-150g of cheese, 5 tomatoes, 2 sweet peppers and garlic cloves, 2-3 eggplant, cilantro and other herbs to taste.

How to cook salad with eggplant and cheese. Peel the eggplant from the skin, cut into circles on 1-1,5 cm thick, then each fry in hot oil on both sides until taromenane. Sweet pepper cut into strips, chop the greens, slices of chopped tomatoes, lettuce layers: first the eggplant (they must sprinkle passed through the press garlic and grated cheese), then peppers, tomatoes, herbs. To podsleuth to taste each layer of the salad before serving to give it to infuse and cool.

In salads with eggplant is wonderful that many of them can be prepared without mayonnaise. So the following recipe also does not require this weight any dish sauce.

The second recipe: Salad-eggplant and mushrooms

You will need: 500g lettuce, 100g mushrooms 1 eggplant, 3 tbsp olive oil 1.5 tbsp chopped cilantro, roasted crushed hazelnuts, sauce - 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp vinegar, 2 tsp. soy sauce 1 tsp. sesame oil, 0.5 tsp. sugar, ground pepper.

How to cook salad with eggplant and mushrooms. Thinly slice eggplant, coat with olive oil, cook for 2-3min on each side (preferably grilled), allow to cool, cut the mushrooms into, fry until soft in butter, remove from the pan, drain the oil and Pat dry. In a salad bowl to combine the washed lettuce leaves, add nuts and cilantro, put the mushrooms and eggplant. Mix all ingredients for dressing and pour over salad immediately serve.

Following a festive salad with eggplant prepared with mayonnaise, so this option would be more interesting to those who are accustomed to make this salad with the sauce.

The third recipe: Salad with eggplant, green beans and Apple

You will need: 300g eggplant, 150g onion, 100g canned green peas, 2 boiled eggs, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 Apple, 2 tbsp sour cream, 1 tbsp. oil, 1 tsp. mustard, 0.5 cups of mayonnaise Calvet, lemon juice, sugar and salt to taste.

How to cook salad with eggplant, apples, and peas. Peel eggplant, cut into small, on the pan to extinguish, then drop into hot oil. Small cube slice the onions and chop the garlic, add the eggplant and fry. To connect fried foods peas, chopped eggs and apples, salt, add sugar and lemon juice, mayonnaise, sour cream, stir.

The fourth recipe: Salad of eggplant and cheese

You will need: 150 g hard cheese, 100g walnuts, 2 big tomatoes and eggplant, 1 sweet peppers and marinovannogo cucumber, olive oil.

How to cook salad with eggplant and feta cheese. Cubes cut the cheese and eggplant, fry in butter until tender and allow to cool. Small chop peppers and tomatoes, chop nuts, finely chop the cucumbers. Combine all prepared foods, drizzle with olive oil, salt and mix salad.

This is very easy, but tasty salad will appeal to many.

Of course, you can combine the eggplant in salads and meat, and poultry.

Recipe five: Salad of eggplant with pork

You will need: 250g eggplant fried, 100g of boiled pork, 50g boiled carrots, 1 lemon and bunch of watercress, green peas to taste, dill, seasoning - 1 bunch Basil, 1 clove of garlic, 2 tbsp. of Apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp. hot mustard, vegetable oil, pepper, salt.

How to prepare a salad of eggplant with pork. Julienne cut the eggplant, mugs carrots, diced meat, watercress - pieces, combine with chopped dill and pepper, stir. Combine all ingredients for the filling, stir and pour over the salad, arrange the slices of lemons.

Well, in the last recipe - all the traditional Christmas salads food: boiled carrots and potatoes, cucumber, chicken breast. This hearty salad is sure to please all.

Recipe six: Salad of eggplant, potatoes and chicken

You will need: 200g eggplant, 80g roasted chicken breast, 50g boiled potatoes and carrots, 1 cucumber, vegetable oil, parsley, Basil, sauce, lemon juice, sour cream, mustard, horseradish.

How to cook salad with eggplant and chicken. Peel the eggplant from the skin, cut into small, together with Basil to put on the oil, circles cut cucumbers and carrots, dice the potatoes and the meat, chop the greens. All the ingredients for the filling mix in the desired proportions, season salad, mix well, chill and serve, garnished with parsley.

Any of the salads will be a wonderful option for snacks for new year's table, try it!