Enjoy this easy vegetarian one-pot stir-fry with eggplant, pumpkin and Hokkein noodles and flavoured with a sweet char siu barbecue sauce.
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Ingredients
Method
1.Trim thai eggplants, cut into wedges. Peel and thinly slice pumpkin. Cut baby eggplants in half lengthways, then thinly slice diagonally. Trim onions, then cut into 5cm (2-inch) lengths. Peel ginger; finely slice ginger and the chilli. Trim snow peas.
2.Heat half the peanut oil in wok; stir-fry thai eggplant 2 minutes. Add pumpkin and remaining peanut oil; stir-fry until almost tender. Add baby eggplant, onion and chilli; stir-fry until vegetables are tender.
3.Add ginger, snow peas, noodles, ⅓ cup of the basil, sauce and stock to pan; stir-fry until hot. Season to taste.
4.Drizzle stir-fry with sesame oil; sprinkle with remaining basil to serve.
Thai eggplant, also known as apple eggplant (or makeau prau in Thai), is about the size of a golf ball and is either white or green in colour. The white eggplant is used in curries while the green eggplant, which is more crunchy, is used in salads.
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