Nasu Dengaku – Miso Glazed Eggplant

Ingredients

    2 small eggplant
    2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
    1/4 cup miso paste (I use awase miso which is a mix of both red and white miso paste)
    2 tablespoons mirin
    1 tablespoon granulated sugar
    1 tablespoon sake
    sesame seeds

Instructions

• Slice eggplant in 0.5 and employing a knife, score the within in little squares.

• in a very pan over high heat, add oil and place the eggplant skin facing down.

• Cook for a couple of minute till skin is brown. flip the eggplant over and canopy with a lid. Cook till eggplant is saute through (about three to four minutes).

• Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix miso, mirin, sugar and sake.

• cowl a cookery receptacle with foil and place the eggplant on prime. Brush miso dengaku combine on prime of every eggplant till all the surface is coated.

• place within the kitchen appliance and broil for four minutes. The miso combine ought to be effervescent after you take it out of the kitchen appliance.

• Sprinkle herbaceous plant seeds on prime and serve hot.