#114 steamed eggplant with sesame and spring onions

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I've been picking out all the Asian inspired Ottolenghi recipes lately. This is a nice, simple Japanese style dish. Eggplants are steamed, which make them super soft but still maintains some of the texture, and then are peeled into pieces and covered in a sweet sauce made with mirin, maple, soy, ginger, garlic and sesame. Green onions and sesame seeds are sprinkled on to finish. I really enjoyed this and I think it would be tasty on a bowl of rice with other Japanese veggies, pickles and tofu.