"sauce), such as in the Turkish dish ""patlıcan kızartması"" (meaning fried aubergines), or without yogurt, as in ""patlıcan şakşuka"". Perhaps the best-known Turkish eggplant dishes are ""imam bayıldı"" (vegetarian) and ""karnıyarık"" (with minced meat). It may also be roasted in its skin until charred, so the pulp can be removed and blended with other ingredients, such as lemon, tahini, and garlic, as in the Arab ""baba ghanoush"" and the similar Greek ""melitzanosalata"". A mix of roasted eggplant, roasted red peppers, chopped onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, carrots, celery, and spices is called ""zacuscă"" in Romania, and ""ajvar"" or ""pinjur"" in the Balkans."
"version can also be made using squash, flour, and tofu as an egg substitute. Tortang talong Tortang talong, also known as eggplant omelette, is a Filipino omelette made by pan-frying grilled whole eggplants dipped in an egg mixture. It is a popular breakfast and lunch meal in the Philippines. A common variant of ""tortang talong"" is rellenong talong, which is stuffed with meat, seafood, and/or vegetables. The name ""tortang talong"" means ""eggplant omelette""; from a suffixed form of ""torta"" (""omelette"" or ""flat cake""), and ""talong"" (eggplant). The name is sometimes shortened to ""tortalong"". The basic ""tortang talong"" recipe involves first"
"seeds is to be avoided). The eggplant mash is mixed in a bowl, stirring continuously, with sunflower oil, chopped onions and salt. The mix is beaten vigorously. Crushed garlic and ground pepper may be added too. Instead of oil, mayonnaise can be used, although not traditionally. A zest of lemon is added at the end and the platter is sometimes garnished with tomato slices. A typical zakuska in Russia and Ukraine is known as ""baklažannaja ikra"" (, ""aubergine caviar""). Some versions add chopped tomatoes to the basic recipe. Another eggplant salad popular in Russia is called ""he iz baklažanov"" (Russian:"
"tradition that egg-plants could cause insanity. Translated into English as 'mad-apple', 'rage-apple', or 'raging apple', this name for eggplants is attested from 1578 and the form 'mad-apple' may still be found in Southern American English. The plant is also known as ""guinea squash"" in Southern American English. The term ""guinea"" in the name originally denoted the fact that the fruits were associated with West Africa. It has been known as 'Jew's apple', apparently in relation to a belief that the fruit was first imported to the West Indies by Jewish people. Different cultivars of the plant produce fruit of different"
"Solanum aethiopicum Solanum aethiopicum, the bitter tomato, Ethiopian eggplant (ባሚያ), or nakati, is a fruiting plant of the genus ""Solanum"" mainly found in Asia and Tropical Africa. It is also known as Ethiopian nightshade, garden eggs, and mock tomato. It is a popular vegetable in north-east India, and is known as khamen akhaba in Manipuri and ""samtawk"" in Mizo. These names are a result of its varied morphology, with ripe fruit often looking like a cross between an eggplant and a tomato, which are also from ""Solanum"". In fact, the Ethiopian eggplant was so much confused with the ordinary eggplant"
"for eggplant). The first recorded use of ""eggplant"" as a color name in English was in 1915. The dark grayish-red-violet color shown in the color box as ""eggplant"" was introduced by Crayola in 1998. If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, red-violet appears midway between red and magenta: Red-violet Red-violet is a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to magenta than to red. It is classified in color theory as one of the purple colors—a non-spectral color between red and violet that is a deep version"
"late 19th century. Solanum aethiopicum Solanum aethiopicum, the bitter tomato, Ethiopian eggplant (ባሚያ), or nakati, is a fruiting plant of the genus ""Solanum"" mainly found in Asia and Tropical Africa. It is also known as Ethiopian nightshade, garden eggs, and mock tomato. It is a popular vegetable in north-east India, and is known as khamen akhaba in Manipuri and ""samtawk"" in Mizo. These names are a result of its varied morphology, with ripe fruit often looking like a cross between an eggplant and a tomato, which are also from ""Solanum"". In fact, the Ethiopian eggplant was so much confused with"
"Tortang talong Tortang talong, also known as eggplant omelette, is a Filipino omelette made by pan-frying grilled whole eggplants dipped in an egg mixture. It is a popular breakfast and lunch meal in the Philippines. A common variant of ""tortang talong"" is rellenong talong, which is stuffed with meat, seafood, and/or vegetables. The name ""tortang talong"" means ""eggplant omelette""; from a suffixed form of ""torta"" (""omelette"" or ""flat cake""), and ""talong"" (eggplant). The name is sometimes shortened to ""tortalong"". The basic ""tortang talong"" recipe involves first grilling the whole eggplant until the flesh is soft and the skin becomes charred"
"your own discretion with this commentary, as Squash and tomatoes originate from the Americas, and are not 'distinctive' to the region as the above suggested.) Eggplant is often fried in slices and dressed in yogurt and garlic, or roasted over an open fire, then pulped and dressed with tahini (sesame paste), lemon juice, garlic, and cumin, a dish known as baba ghanoush. Tomato is the most ubiquitous ingredient in Middle Eastern cookery. It is used fresh in a variety of salads, cooked in almost every stew and broth, and grilled with kebab. Beans and pulses are crucial to the diet"
"and now-invalid names have been used for ""S. torvum"": Solanum torvum Solanum torvum is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Grafted plants are very vigorous and tolerate diseases affecting the root system, thus allowing the crop to continue for a second year. It is also known as turkey berry, prickly nightshade, shoo-shoo bush, wild eggplant, pea eggplant, pea aubergine, kantɔsi (Ghana), kittily (Liberia), susumber ( Jamaica), ""boo"", ""terongan"", ""tekokak"", ""rimbang"", ""berenjena cimarrona"", ""berenjena de gallina"", ""berenjena silvestre"", ""tabacón"", ""pendejera"", ""tomatillo"", ""bâtard balengène"", ""zamorette"", ""friega-platos"", ""kudanekayi"" (Kannada: ಕುದನೆಕಾಯಿ),(Gujarati: ગુજરાતી )""sundaikkai"" (), (Malayalam: ചുണ്ട"
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"The most usual names today are 白果 (""bái guǒ""), meaning ""white fruit"", and (""yínxìng""), meaning ""silver apricot"". The former name was borrowed directly in Vietnamese as ""bạch quả"". The latter name was borrowed in Japanese ぎんなん ""(ginnan)"" and Korean 은행 ""(eunhaeng)"", when the tree itself was introduced from China. Ginkgos are popular subjects for growing as ""penjing"" and ""bonsai""; they can be kept artificially small and tended over centuries. Furthermore, the trees are easy to propagate from seed. The nut-like gametophytes inside the seeds are particularly esteemed in Asia, and are a traditional Chinese food. Ginkgo nuts are used in"
"Kyopolou Kyopolou (, more often ""Кьополу""; ) is a popular Bulgarian and Turkish spread, relish and salad made principally from roasted eggplants and garlic. Common recipes include further ingredients such as baked bell peppers, baked kapia red peppers, tomatoes, tomato juice or tomato paste, onions, parsley, black pepper, and laurel leaves. Hot peppers may also be added. Taste can vary from light and sweet to hot and peppery. It is usually oven-cooked in pots or casseroles. Kyopolou is a typical eggplant appetizer and can be consumed as a bread spread, a condiment, or as a salad. It is generally prepared"
"that this was considered by some a variety ""violaceum"" of ""S. aethiopicum"". Ethiopian eggplant may have originated from the domestication of ""Solanum anguivi"". The scarlet eggplant, also known as Gilo or ""jiló"", was long held to be a distinct species (""S. gilo"") but is nowadays generally considered to be a cultivar group of ""S. aethiopicum"". The leaves of ""Solanum aethiopicum"" are eaten as a leaf vegetable and are actually more nutritious than the fruit. The highly variable fruit of the plant is eaten both raw and cooked and is becoming more popular as a cultivated crop. These fruits are usually"
"slender purple kind. When larger and rounder eggplant varieties are used, the eggplant may need to be halved or quartered (with the stalk still attached) so they can be grilled more evenly. ""Tortang talong"" is most commonly eaten for breakfast or lunch. It is served on white rice, sometimes accompanied with a dipping sauce (like soy sauce, vinegar, banana ketchup, etc.) or additional seasoning (like black pepper or chilis). It can also be served as a side dish to meat dishes. A notable variant of ""tortang talong"" is ""rellenong talong"" (also spelled ""relyenong talong""; from Spanish ""relleno"", ""stuffed""), commonly anglicized"
"was formulated by Crayola crayons in 2003. At the right is displayed the color wine. The color ""wine"" is a representation of the average color of red wine. The first recorded use of ""wine"" as a color name in English was in 1705. The color Byzantium is displayed at the right. The first recorded use of ""byzantium"" as a color name in English was in 1926. Eggplant is a dark purple, or purpleish brown, color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color ""eggplant"" is aubergine (the French and British English word"
"Solanum torvum Solanum torvum is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Grafted plants are very vigorous and tolerate diseases affecting the root system, thus allowing the crop to continue for a second year. It is also known as turkey berry, prickly nightshade, shoo-shoo bush, wild eggplant, pea eggplant, pea aubergine, kantɔsi (Ghana), kittily (Liberia), susumber ( Jamaica), ""boo"", ""terongan"", ""tekokak"", ""rimbang"", ""berenjena cimarrona"", ""berenjena de gallina"", ""berenjena silvestre"", ""tabacón"", ""pendejera"", ""tomatillo"", ""bâtard balengène"", ""zamorette"", ""friega-platos"", ""kudanekayi"" (Kannada: ಕುದನೆಕಾಯಿ),(Gujarati: ગુજરાતી )""sundaikkai"" (), (Malayalam: ചുണ്ട ), ""thibbatu"" (Sinhala: තිබ්බටු), ""makhuea phuang"" (Thai: มะเขือพวง), ""suzume"
"and almost black. This can be done in a grill, a baking pan, or over a direct flame (like on a gas stove). The grilling gives the eggplant a characteristic smoky flavor. The charred skin is then peeled off, although the stalk is retained. The flesh is mashed flat with a fork and dipped into a beaten egg mixture seasoned with a salt and spices to taste. The eggplant is then pan-fried until the outside is golden brown and crispy, while the core remains soft and creamy. The most common varieties of eggplants in the Philippines are the long and"
"(, and ""olo"" (Gujarati). Some non-Punjabi variants may omit the tomato and sometimes the onion as well. In Karnataka, it is called ""eṇṇegāyi"" and prepared by boiling and frying whole eggplant usually served with ""akki rotti"". In the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Tamils prepare a similar dish called ""kathrikai thayir kothsu"", in which the eggplant is cooked, mashed, and sautéed with mustard, red chilis and sesame oil. The final step in the recipe involves adding yogurt (curds) to the mixture and dressing the dish with coriander leaves. In the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of India (such as eastern Uttar"
"not complete without it. In Israel, it is also known as ""salat ḥatzilim"", although a variation with that name made with mayonnaise instead of tahina is also widely available. Baba ghanoush Baba ghanoush ( ""bābā ghannūj"", also appears as ""baba ganoush"" or ""baba ghanouj"") is a Levantine or Greater Syria dish of mashed cooked eggplant mixed with tahina (made from sesame seeds), olive oil, and various seasonings. The traditional preparation method is for the eggplant to be baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste. It is a"
"5-10 times higher than what is considered safe, and may not be safe for humans to eat. Solanum macrocarpon Solanum macrocarpon otherwise known as the African eggplant or gboma is a plant of the Solanaceae family. ""S. macrocarpon"" is a tropical perennial plant that is closely related to the eggplant. ""S. macrocarpon"" originated from West Africa, but is now widely distributed in Central and East Africa. Through an introduction from West Africa, the plant also grows in the Caribbean, South America, and some parts of Southeast Asia. ""S. macrocarpon"" is widely cultivated for its use as a food, its medicinal"
"or cross-pollinated. Many of the pests and diseases that afflict other solanaceous plants, such as tomato, capsicum, and potato, are also troublesome to eggplants. For this reason, it should generally not be planted in areas previously occupied by its close relatives. However, since eggplants can be particularly susceptible to pests such as whiteflies, they are sometimes grown with slightly less susceptible plants, such as chili pepper, as a sacrificial trap crop. Four years should separate successive crops of eggplants to reduce pest pressure. Common North American pests include the potato beetles, flea beetles, aphids, whiteflies, and spider mites. Good sanitation"
"and is also a term of endearment, while ""ghannūj"" could be a personal name. The word combination is also interpreted as ""father of coquetry"" or ""indulged/pampered daddy"" or """"spoiled old daddy"""". It is not certain whether the word ""bābā"" refers to the eggplant or to an actual person indulged by this treat. The Gulf version varies slightly from that of its home of origin by spicing it with coriander and cumin.The vegetarian dish is a must when serving it with ""mazza"" in the Gulf states, such that it is said that any appetizer table at a feast or dinner is"
"of the fruit is ""See Da"" in Cambodia). Currently those names are discouraged by linguistic authorities and names making no reference to Cambodia, such as ""Mon Khai"" (ม่อนไข่) —""Khai"" meaning ""egg"", or ""Tiesa"" (ทิสซา), are officially favored. The plant's name in the Vietnamese language is ""cây trứng gà"" (""chicken egg"" plant) because of the fruit's appearance. It also has the Vietnamese name ""lekima"". This is unusual because Vietnamese is a tonal, isolating language whose morphemes all consist of a single syllable. In Indonesian Language it is called ""alkesah"", or ""sawo mentega"" (butter sapodilla, for its color and texture). Though relatively"
"or with pasta in a tomato sauce. Parmigiana Parmigiana (, ; also parmigiana di melanzane , melanzane alla parmigiana , shortened as parmi or parma in Australian English, or called eggplant parmesan in the United States, is an Italian dish made with a shallow or deep-fried sliced eggplant (also called aubergine) filling, layered with cheese and tomato sauce, then baked. The origin of the dish is claimed by both the Southern regions of Campania and Sicily. Other variations found outside Italy may include chicken, veal, or another type of meat cutlet or vegetable filling. The dish consists of sliced eggplant,"
"Egg waffle An egg waffle is a spherical egg-based waffle popular in Hong Kong and Macau, and is an eggy leavened batter cooked between two plates of semi-spherical cells. They are usually served hot, and often eaten plain, although they may be served with fruit and flavours such as strawberry, coconut or chocolate. It is referred to by its original Cantonese name, gai daan jai (鷄蛋仔), and in English, an egg puff, bubble waffle, eggette, pancake balls, pancake waffle, egglet, and puffle. They are sometimes referred to as Hong Kong cakes in Chinatowns across America, especially in New York. One"
"consumed with tea. Beguni Beguni () is a Bengali snack originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, made of eggplant (also known as ""aubergine"" or ""brinjal"") which is sliced and battered before being either fried or deep fried in oil. A similar European dish is known as ""aubergine fritters"". The dish may be prepared by coating eggplant with besan paste and then frying the pieces in oil. The eggplant is usually cut longitudinally ( ""begun"") and dipped in a batter of Bengal gram flour with salt and turmeric, and deep-fried in mustard oil. Sometimes a small amount of"
"Parmigiana Parmigiana (, ; also parmigiana di melanzane , melanzane alla parmigiana , shortened as parmi or parma in Australian English, or called eggplant parmesan in the United States, is an Italian dish made with a shallow or deep-fried sliced eggplant (also called aubergine) filling, layered with cheese and tomato sauce, then baked. The origin of the dish is claimed by both the Southern regions of Campania and Sicily. Other variations found outside Italy may include chicken, veal, or another type of meat cutlet or vegetable filling. The dish consists of sliced eggplant, pan fried in oil, layered with tomato"
"turnip, radish, onion, caper, lemon, olives, cauliflower, tomatoes, chili pepper, bell pepper, garlic and beans. A large variety of eggplant salads and dips are made with roasted eggplants. Baba ghanoush, called ""salat ḥatzilim"" in Israel, is made with tahina and other seasonings such as garlic, lemon juice, onions, herbs and spices. The eggplant is sometimes grilled over an open flame so that the pulp has a smoky taste. A particularly Israeli variation of the salad is made with mayonnaise called ""salat ḥatzilim b'mayonnaise"". Eggplant salads are also made with yogurt, or with feta cheese, chopped onion and tomato, or in"
"dish. The dish is served with ""dal, bhakri"", and rice. Eggplant is popular in Afghanistan in the form of a traditional salad called """"bonjan"" salad"", which is usually served at room temperature (or cold) together with main dishes. The dish is served with a variety of breads and is similar to another Afghani dish called ""baingan ka raita"" (). In a protest against BT Brinjal and the introduction of genetically modified crops, volunteers from Greenpeace and Delhi's Le Méridien hotel cooked of organic ""brinjal bharta"" at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, on 6 September 2011. This set a world record for"
"as a canned food, in glass jars, for the winter season. During summer and autumn months, when its ingredients are usually readily available, it is also a main dish in Bulgaria, mainly during Orthodox fasting periods. Similar relishes are popular in the Balkans in different variants and names (e.g., ajvar or pinđur). A Romanian variety is called zacuscă, a word of Slavic origin (cf. Bulgarian and Russian zakuska). Kyopolou Kyopolou (, more often ""Кьополу""; ) is a popular Bulgarian and Turkish spread, relish and salad made principally from roasted eggplants and garlic. Common recipes include further ingredients such as baked"
"Australia, the southeastern U.S., ""D. alata"" has many different common names from these regions. In English alone, aside from purple yam, other common names include greater yam, Guyana arrowroot, ten-months yam, water yam, white yam, winged yam, or simply yam. In other cultures and languages it is known variously as ""ratalu"" or ""violet yam"" in India, ""rasa valli kilangu"" (இராசவள்ளிக்கிழங்கு) in Tamil, ""dandila"" (දන්දිල) in Sinhala, ""ube"" in the Philippines, ""thuppa genasu"" (ತುಪ್ಪ ಗೆಣಸು) in Kannada, ""thoona"" or ""soona kerungu"" (ತೂ/ಸೂಣ ಕೆರುಂಗು) in Tulu, ""kondfal"" (कोंदफळ) in Marathi, ""kachil"" (കാച്ചില്) in Malayalam, and ""khoai mỡ"" in Vietnam. For the Igbo"
"in general conversation, and Tan notes that English words for genitalia, such as ""penis"" and ""vagina"", are almost always considered more polite, perhaps because they sound more medical. As in other languages, euphemisms for genitalia abound: the male genitalia may be alternately referred to as a ""saging"" (banana), an ""ahas"" (snake), ""talong"" (eggplant), ""itlog"" (egg), ""sandata"" (sword), ""bird"", ""junior"" among other names. Researcher Michael Tan notes that the euphemisms for the vagina are considered more vulgar than those for the penis, and as such are fewer; but noted among them are ""mani"" (peanut), ""bibingka"" and ""bulaklak"" (flower), ""pechay"", ""hiyas"", ""kipay""."