green eggplant and rebon shrimp cooked in a stir-fry with shrimp paste

 *** *** *** This long green eggplant is a somewhat rare vegetable where I live, unlike purple eggplant, which is abundant in the markets where I live. I got bored of eating purple eggplant every day, and coincidentally, my mother went to my relative's house in the mountains, where they sell a lot of green eggplant. My mother bought a little, not too much. When I got home, she asked me to prepare this long green eggplant because she wanted to enjoy my cooking for lunch today.  Okay, my dear mother, I'm going to prepare this green eggplant with dried shrimp sautéed with shrimp paste. I know you really like shrimp paste, especially dried shrimp. She loves it too. So I combined these three ingredients to create a spectacular side dish for lunch today. Although simple, I still call it a spectacular side dish, hehe. Because I believe that even simple dishes like eggplant and dried shrimp can be delicious, because enjoying delicious food doesn't have to be expensive, right?  Meanwhile, shrimp paste itself is made from shrimp mixed with other spices, shrimp paste adds a fragrant taste and smell to our dishes, especially if it is made into shrimp paste chili sauce, shrimp paste is a very spectacular dish in my area, almost all dishes can be added with shrimp paste to add deliciousness to each of our dishes. I'm curious about how I cook my mother's favorite menu, okay, just follow the steps that I will share in my post today. *** ### Materials used ### ***  *** 400 grams of green eggplant 100 grams of dried shrimp 5 dried red chilies 5 green chilies 5 bird's eye chilies 1 tomato 1 shallot 1 clove of garlic 1/2 shrimp paste *** ### Manufacturing procedure ### *** *** **First** *** First, I prepared the shrimp paste, then I washed it until clean, and I also started to cut the eggplant into small pieces. || |-|-| || |-|-| *** **Second** *** Next, I cut the tomatoes, onions, and chilies so they fit in the blender, then I blended them until smooth. || |-|-| || |-|-| *** **Third** *** Next, I sautéed the spices with a little cooking oil. I sautéed them until the spices were cooked. I added a little water and added the eggplant and the shrimp paste. || |-|-| || |-|-| *** **Four** *** Next, I cook until the vegetables and shrimp are cooked, and I cook until the water reduces. || |-|-| || |-|-| *** ### RESULTS ### ***  *** *** This is the result, I served it with a full plate of rice, the rice was warm and delicious, the aroma was so fragrant that it made me want to taste it straight away. || |-|-| I just ate it with my hands, so it tastes better, usually when eating with shrimp paste side dishes like this, it's best to eat it with your hands so it tastes better, it tastes really good, the rebon shrimp is really delicious along with the green eggplant with the right level of doneness in my opinion, the aroma of the shrimp paste is very fragrant makes me want to add more rice hihihi  *** *** *** ### Thank you 🙂🤗 ### *** *** ***