GUAM
Photo by Victor Consaga

Photo by Victor Consaga ()

Eggplant with coconut milk and lemon

Ingredients

  • 20 eggplants, barbecued a little over charcoal

  • 3 ½ onions, chopped

  • Hot pepper (optional)

  • 3 cups  coconut milk

  • 3 cups  water

  • Lemon juice (optional)

Broil (or grill) the eggplant until cooked. Hold eggplant under running water while peeling the skin.

Place in a bowl, gently mash and then add remaining ingredients, adding the coconut milk last.

Serves 12 people.

Editor’s note: This recipe is from Lepblon Fina’tinas Para Guam: Guam Cookbook, 1985. Reprinted with permission from Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Y Inetnon Famalao’an* (Women’s Association).

* Y Inetnon Famalao’an was a women’s organization composed of cabinet wives and women executives in the government of Guam.

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