Luckily for us, eggplants have a long season in Australia so there are plenty of opportunities to work eggplant recipes into your culinary repertoire. Unleash the vegetable’s smoky, earthy flavours in a charred eggplant dip (we have three variations), or in our barbecued eggplant salad with goat’s curd, mint and pomegranate.
For longer cook times, the Sichuanese fish-fragrant eggplant braise will have your lips tingling with lingering spice, while our popular, hearty eggplant parmigiana looks impressive, and tastes just so. Need a quick fix for your eggplant recipe cravings? We recommend the eggplant stir-fry with tamarind, or the stew of okra, turmeric and eggplant. Come picnic season, we make a bee-line for Danielle Alvarez’s summer vegetable tian (featuring eggplant, of course).
Here are our very best eggplant recipes that are guaranteed to please.

Eggplant tabbouleh salad with grilled peaches and pomegranate

Stuffed eggplant with shredded chicken and mozzarella

Photo: James Moffatt
Carrot and chilli fritters with eggplant pickle and yoghurt

Harissa-roasted lamb rump with pomegranate and eggplant(Credits: James Moffatt)
Harissa-roasted lamb rump with pomegranate and eggplant

Palisa Anderson’s gaeng keow wan gai (Thai green chicken curry)

Photo: John Paul Urizar
(Credits: John Paul Urizar)Eggplant and pineapple curry

Photo: Alicia Taylor
(Credits: Alicia Taylor)Smoky eggplant with sumac onions

Dainty Sichuan’s fish-fragrant eggplant (yu xiang qie zi)

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread

Tony Tan’s eggplant and broad beans with soy-sesame dressing

Dry curry of lamb and eggplant
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Dry curry of lamb and eggplant

Good Luck Pinbone’s Sichuan chilli eggplant with wood-ear fungus
Good Luck Pinbone’s Sichuan chilli eggplant with wood-ear fungus

Barbecued eggplant salad with goat’s curd, mint and pomegranate
(Credits: James Moffatt)Barbecued eggplant salad with goat’s curd, mint and pomegranate

Bone marrow with pickled eggplant salad
(Credits: William Meppem)Bone marrow with pickled eggplant salad

Coal-roasted eggplant with black garlic
(Credits: Alicia Taylor)Brent Savage’s coal-roasted eggplant with black garlic

Butter-fried bread with eggplant and herbs by René Redzepi & Nadine Levy Redzepi

Spiced lamb with eggplant salad
(Credits: William Meppem)Spiced lamb with eggplant salad

Eggplant stuffed with taro
(Credits: Con Poulos)Lau’s Family Kitchen’s eggplant stuffed with taro

Roast eggplant, ’nduja and scamorza
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Roast eggplant, ’nduja and scamorza

Analiese Gregory’s flatbread with miso eggplant and urchin
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Victor Liong’s grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli

Shane Delia’s poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini
(Credits: Rob Shaw)Shane Delia’s poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini
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Charred prawns, eggplant and chickpeas with roast tomato vinaigrette

Eggplant, tofu and sugarsnap peas with ginger and soy dressing

Grilled eggplant salad with lentils and sesame yoghurt

Longsong’s eggplant salad with shallots and salted ricotta

Palisa Anderson’s yum makeua (grilled eggplant salad with prawns)

Quick okra, eggplant and turmeric stew

Christine Manfield’s eggplant sandwich

Prime-rib minute steak, spiced eggplant and lemon couscous

Stir-fried eggplant with sweet tamarind sauce
(Credits: Chris Court)Stir-fried eggplant with sweet tamarind sauce

Dan Hong’s crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce

Miso teriyaki eggplant
(Credits: Ben Dearnley )