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Miso simmered eggplant is pretty popular dish in Japan. I arranged it for Halloween, so I hope you like it!

Without a question, it goes great with white rice!!!

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Miso Simmered Eggplant Witch

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 30min
Number of servings: 4

Ingredients:
4 eggplants (5-6 inches long)
A
* 200cc dashi broth (using packaged dashi powder saves time)
* 1 tbsp. mirin (sweet sake)
* 1 tbsp. sake
* 1/2 tbsp. sugar
B
* 1 tbsp. red miso
* 2 tbsp. white miso
4 star-shaped thick carrot slices

Directions:
1. Make "Chasen Nasu" and soak in water to remove the oxalic acid. The procedure for "Chasen Nasu" is HERE: http://createeathappy.blogspot.com/2008/09/chasen-nasu.html
2. Heat A in a deep pot, dilute miso in 1/2 cup soup broth, add Chasen Nasu and carrot slices, then cover with Otoshi Buta (drop-lid) and cook on low heat for 10 minutes. Flip eggplants, cover and simmer for another 10 minutes until the eggplants soften.
3. Pour the soup on a dish, twist and press the eggplant by hand to form the witch shape.
5. Attach carrot slices with a toothpick (like a magic stick) and stick it on to the eggplant witch.

Drop-lid is called "Otoshi Buta" a in Japanese. It is traditionally made of wood but you can use aluminum foil. They ensure that the heat is evenly distributed and reduce the tendency of liquid to boil with large bubbles and break the fragile ingredients.

レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post_23.html
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Happy Halloween :D

Products I used:

Ajinomoto Hon-Dashi (Bonito Fish Soup Stock)
It is an authentic granule Dashi.
http://www.ajinomoto.com/tasty/dashi/dashi2.html

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Dazie Mae
Grey Roses
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