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    Published: Nov 19, 2018 · Modified: Aug 4, 2020 by Usha Rao

    Sri Lankan Eggplant Salad

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    Sri Lankan eggplant salad is a quick and easy recipe. Deep fried pieces of eggplant are tossed in mustard vinaigrette and is a great side dish.

    Sri Lankan Eggplant Salad

    What is Sri Lankan Eggplant Sambol?

    Sri Lankan eggplant salad is a mixture of deep fried eggplant cubes, onion and green chilies dressed with a mustard vinaigrette. A quick Google search this morning enlightened me to the fact that Sri Lankan eggplant salad is a fancy name for eggplant sambol and wambatu is eggplant/brinjal. Someone correct me, if I am wrong.

    The reason I chose Sri Lankan cuisine is pork curry, which was on my to try list for a long time. Second, I misread the theme and assumed one has to do same cuisine for all 3 days. So I planned a meal with all Sri Lankan dishes. This was soon after I came back from India and had a big photographer's block. Photos from that shoot were terrible and only decent picture is this.

    Sri Lankan platter with rice dhal curry kale mallung and pork curry

    Unhappy with the photos, prepared the meal again with a slight change in the menu. This time. time consuming pork curry was out and an easy eggplant salad was in. Though I changed the menu, I am quite happy with today's dish, except for the photos.

    Ingredients

    The basic ingredients for the salad are deep fried eggplant pieces, onion, green chilies, vinegar and mustard powder. And of course salt. Cucumber, tomatoes, bell peppers are optional and to be honest, I liked the salad with the basic ingredients and did not care much for the cucumber in this salad.

    Theme of the Week - Global Cuisine

    The last recipe for this week’s global cuisine is Sri Lankan eggplant salad or eggplant sambol. The other two dishes for this theme are dhal curry and kale mallung.

    Sri Lankan meal with Eggplant Sambol

    Sri Lankan Eggplant Salad ~ Wambatu Sambol Recipe

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    Sri Lankan Eggplant Salad

    Sri Lankan Eggplant Salad

    Sri Lankan salad is an easy salad where deep fried eggplant pieces are dressed in a mustard vinaigrette.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: Sri Lankan
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 1
    Calories: 102kcal

    Ingredients

    To Deep Fry Eggplant

    • 250 grams or medium sized Eggplant
    • ¼ teaspoon Salt
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    • ½ teaspoon Chili Powder
    • Oil for deep frying

    Vinaigrette

    • ½ teaspoon Rice Wine Vinegar
    • ¼ teaspoon Salt
    • ¼ teaspoon Mustard Powder

    Remaining Salad Ingredients

    • 1 small Green Chili seeded and finely chopped
    • ¼ cup chopped Red Onions
    • 2 tablespoon chopped Cucumber

    Instructions

    • Wash eggplant and cut into ¾ - 1” cubes.
    • Season eggplant with salt, turmeric and chili powder. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
    • Heat oil for deep frying.
    • Deep fry eggplant cubes until crisp. Drain on paper towels until ready to use.
    • Prepare vinaigrette by mixing together, vinegar, salt and mustard powder.
    • Just before serving, in a bowl take eggplant cubes, chopped onion, green chilies and optional veggies.
    • Pour vinaigrette and toss to mix everything well.
    • Serve immediately. Though this is a salad, it is served as a side dish with rice.

    Notes

    • Optional vegetables - Chopped tomatoes, cucumber, bell peppers are optional. I personally didn’t care much for the cucumber in this salad and liked it better without it.
    • Variety of eggplants - When using long brinjal, Chinese or Japanese eggplants, either slice into circles or thin strips.
    • Nutrition - Nutritional values are estimated values.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0g | Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1336mg | Potassium: 707mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 376IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Srivalli Jetti says

      December 10, 2018 at 5:40 am

      This is surely a different take on a salad right, sounds interesting. Photographer's block is not something I would associate with your pictures usha, all of them look so classic and pretty..:)

      Reply
    2. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      December 06, 2018 at 11:23 am

      5 stars
      That is such a different recipe for a salad. I love eggplant, but have never thought about using it in a salad. Bookmarking to try it soon Usha!

      Reply
    3. Sushma Pinjala says

      December 03, 2018 at 5:02 pm

      This eggplant salad looks so nice and yummy.

      Reply
    4. Chef Mireille says

      December 02, 2018 at 3:38 pm

      5 stars
      what an interesting salad - you can see the influence of central asian cuisine on Sri Lanka with the ingredients used

      Reply
    5. Gayathri Kumar says

      November 29, 2018 at 9:36 am

      This is a very unique way of making salad with eggplant. I love eggplant in any Avatar. This deep fried eggplant salad sounds so delicious.

      Reply
    6. Pavani says

      November 28, 2018 at 2:36 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my Usha, that eggplant salad looks sooo good. I am definitely going to be trying this delicious eggplant salad soon.

      Reply
    7. Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says

      November 28, 2018 at 1:48 pm

      5 stars
      I think we all go through that photographer block. I do have a few recipes just sitting. Need to retry. This salad is amazing and I have already bookmarked. The entire world knows how much I love eggplant. 😉 😉

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        December 06, 2018 at 9:33 am

        🙂

        Reply
    8. Priya Suresh says

      November 24, 2018 at 11:37 am

      Am yet to try this salad which is sitting still in my bookmarks, and am sure this salad will definitely please everyone at home. Lovely platter there.

      Reply
    9. harini says

      November 23, 2018 at 7:45 pm

      5 stars
      I couldn't make out that it was egg plant salad looking at the pictures. Very interesting way to serve eggplant, Usha.

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        November 24, 2018 at 9:07 am

        I was surprised how good it tastes. I loved it.

        Reply
    10. Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says

      November 20, 2018 at 1:14 am

      I remember making the Vambatu Moju for the Sinhalese cuisine, and this is was the first and only time we licked the whole brinjal off the bowl, otherwise it is a much hated vegetable in our house! Hehe... this salad sounds delicious, especially because of the fried brinjals, they always taste better...

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      • MySpicyKitchen says

        November 24, 2018 at 9:06 am

        Brinjal is not a favorite even at my home. Usually I end up eating it all by myself. I looked at moju recipe as well and keeping in mind that I might be the only one eating, went with an easy recipe.

        Reply

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