Woodfish Monk Crossing

Woodfish Monk Crossing

　　Main ingredients: eggplant, flour, baking soda, winter bamboo shoots, daylily buds, Taiwan mushrooms, carrot, salt, ginger, Sichuan peppercorn salt, sesame oil, cooking oil, starch

　　Preparation:

　　1. Wash the eggplant and cut into “double-fly” slices (one cut not all the way through, the next cut all the way through);

　　2. Wash the carrot, winter bamboo shoots, daylily buds, Taiwan mushrooms, and ginger, then dice them into small pieces, place in a bowl, mix with salt and sesame oil to make the filling, then stuff the filling into the eggplant slices and set aside;

　　3. Mix flour, starch, and baking soda in water to make a batter, dip each stuffed eggplant slice into the batter;

　　4. Heat oil in a pan, when the oil reaches about 40% heat, fry the battered eggplant slices until golden brown, remove and arrange on a plate, serve with Sichuan peppercorn salt.