How to Make Favorite Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan)

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook hot and sour eggplant and lotus root (vegan) using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan):

1. Get 4 Eggplant - small Japanese type
2. Prepare 100 grams Lotus root (it's convenient if you use ready-made lotus root)
3. Take 1 knob ☆Ginger, finely chopped
4. Make ready 1 clove ☆Chopped garlic
5. Make ready 4 tbsp ☆Soy sauce
6. Make ready 4 tbsp ☆Mirin
7. Take 3 tbsp ☆Vinegar
8. Take 1 1/2 tbsp ☆Sugar (I used beet sugar)
9. Take 1 tsp ☆Doubanjiang (as desired)
10. Make ready 5 tbsp Oil

Instructions to make Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan):

1. Remove the eggplant stems, slice them into 1 cm rounds, sprinkle salt, and leave to rest for a while. Slice the lotus roots.
2. Mix the ☆ sauce ingredients.
3. Microwave the lotus root for a minute and add the sauce from Step 2 (flavor penetrates better if you warm it).
4. Wash off the salt from the eggplants and pat dry with paper towels.
5. Heat oil in a frying pan or a pot, and cook the eggplant. It's more delicious if you add more oil, but it increases the calorie.
6. When browned, combine with the lotus roots and mix.
7. Serve on a plate and it's done! The on in the photo is garnished with mizuna greens. It's also delicious garnished with green onions.

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