Top 66+ flavour-packed eggplant recipes
- Gnocchetti Sardi with smoked eggplant alla Norma
- Smoky eggplant dip with charred bread
- Spiced eggplant and chickpea fatteh
- Sweet and sour eggplant skewers with coconut and kale sambal
- Eggplant tabbouleh salad with grilled peaches and pomegranate
- Carrot and chilli fritters with eggplant pickle and yoghurt
- Harissa-roasted lamb rump with pomegranate and eggplant
- Palisa Anderson’s gaeng keow wan gai (Thai green chicken curry)
- Eggplant and pineapple curry
- Smoky eggplant with sumac onions
- Dainty Sichuan’s fish-fragrant eggplant (Yu xiang qie zi)
- Tony Tan’s eggplant and broad beans with soy-sesame dressing
- Good Luck Pinbone’s Sichuan chilli eggplant with wood-ear fungus
- Barbecued eggplant salad with goat’s curd, mint and pomegranate
- Lau’s Family Kitchen’s eggplant stuffed with taro
- Roast eggplant, ’nduja and scamorza
- Victor Liong’s grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli
- Charred prawns, eggplant and chickpeas with roast tomato vinaigrette
- Grilled eggplant salad with lentils and sesame yoghurt
- Longsong’s eggplant salad with shallots and salted ricotta
- Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread
- Blue Nile’s Ethiopian eggplant dip
- Charred miso eggplant with nori and sesame
- Chickpeas with steamed eggplant and almonds
- Quick okra, eggplant and turmeric stew
- Christine Manfield’s eggplant sandwich
- Prime-rib minute steak, spiced eggplant and lemon couscous
- Dan Hong’s crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce
- Roast eggplant, tomato and basil spelt pasta
- Eggplant parmigiana
Handled correctly, the humble eggplant — or aubergine, depending on where you’re from — yields a smoky, earthy flavour and tender flesh that takes on the flavour of whatever it’s been cooked with.
Grilled, roasted, steamed or fried; blitzed or battered, eggplants lend themselves to any cuisine and form. One bite of Dainty Sichuan’s fish-fragrant eggplant braise will have your lips tingling, while our roasted eggplant and ezme salad draws on Turkish flavours for a well-balanced and flavour-forward dish.
For those in need of a quick fix for their eggplant cravings, we recommend our spiced eggplant katsu sando or Tony Tan’s eggplant and broad beans with soy-sesame dressing.
Whatever your preference, we have the eggplant recipe for you. Here are our very best eggplant recipes that are guaranteed to please.

Chickpeas with steamed eggplant and harissa on white bowl with a pink bowl of guindilla chillies.

Grilled eggplant and freekeh salad with sheep's milk labneh and fig leaf oil

Eggplant cutlet with spicy tomato sauce

Roast eggplant with ezme salad and flatbread

Gnocchetti Sardi with smoked eggplant alla Norma
Gnocchetti Sardi with smoked eggplant alla Norma

Eggplant parmigiana involtini recipe in a baking dish

Japanese eggplant schnitzel recipe yasai itame

Oregano eggplant with freekeh, feta and dill

Smoky eggplant dip with charred bread
Smoky eggplant dip with charred bread

Giovanni Pilu’s crumbed sardines with pecorino and eggplant purée

Overhead shot of grilled eggplant slices, finely chopped tomato, pomegranate seeds and olive oil on a round white plate.

Tony Tan’s eggplant, coconut and tamarind sambal

Spiced eggplant and chickpea fatteh
Spiced eggplant and chickpea fatteh

Sweet and sour eggplant skewers with coconut and kale sambal
Sweet and sour eggplant skewers with coconut and kale sambal

Japanese recipe for stacked eggplant katsu sandos recipe on pink plate

Eggplant with tabbouleh salad with grilled peaches and pomegranate in white dish with a gold spoon and small bowl of tabbouleh.
Eggplant tabbouleh salad with grilled peaches and pomegranate

Vegetable moussaka recipe

Stuffed eggplants filled with shredded chicken and topped with mozzarella and herbs

Carrot and chilli fritters with eggplant pickle and yoghurt
Carrot and chilli fritters with eggplant pickle and yoghurt

lamb-rump-dish-with-salad
Harissa-roasted lamb rump with pomegranate and eggplant

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

Generous chunks of eggplant, pineapple, tomatoes, snake beans, and pea eggplants in coconut curry sauce in a black saucepan.
Eggplant and pineapple curry

Whole smoky eggplant served on a white plate with three pieces of crusty bread and Greek yoghurt topped with red onion and sumac.
Smoky eggplant with sumac onions

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

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

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

Capitano's caponata

Barbecued eggplant salad with goat’s curd, mint and pomegranate
Barbecued eggplant salad with goat’s curd, mint and pomegranate

Eggplant pachadi

Calamari with spiced eggplant

Bone marrow with pickled eggplant salad

Pork and eggplant salad with salted chilli

A thick slice of charred eggplant, topped with a thick white sauce and almonds, on a marbled grey plate, surrounded by a green linen napkin and green foliage.

Sichuan braised eggplant

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

Spiced lamb with eggplant salad

Eggplant stuffed with taro
Lau’s Family Kitchen’s eggplant stuffed with taro

Roast eggplant, ’nduja and scamorza
Roast eggplant, ’nduja and scamorza

Flatbread with miso eggplant and urchin

Grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli
Victor Liong’s grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli

Shane Delia's poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini
Shane Delia’s poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini

Charred prawns, eggplant and chickpeas with roast tomato vinaigrette
Charred prawns, eggplant and chickpeas with roast tomato vinaigrette

Burrata with char-grilled eggplant

Eggplant, tofu and sugarsnap peas with ginger and soy dressing

Grilled eggplant salad with lentils and sesame yoghurt
Grilled eggplant salad with lentils and sesame yoghurt

Eggplant salad with shallots and salted ricotta
Longsong’s eggplant salad with shallots and salted ricotta

Grilled eggplant salad with prawns

Over the top shot of a cream-coloured eggplant dip, drizzled generously with olive oil and garnished with bright-pink diced pickled turnips and coriander leaves.

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip
Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread

Blue Nile’s Ethiopian eggplant dip
Blue Nile’s Ethiopian eggplant dip

Charred miso eggplant with nori and sesame
Charred miso eggplant with nori and sesame

Chickpeas with steamed eggplant and almonds
Chickpeas with steamed eggplant and almonds

Quick okra, eggplant and turmeric stew
Quick okra, eggplant and turmeric stew

Christine Manfield’s eggplant sandwich
Christine Manfield’s eggplant sandwich

Prime-rib minute steak, spiced eggplant and lemon couscous
Prime-rib minute steak, spiced eggplant and lemon couscous

Warm eggplant zaalouk with spiced lamb skewers

Eggplant parma jaffles

Stir-fried eggplant with sweet tamarind sauce

Crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce
Dan Hong’s crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce

Roast eggplant, tomato and basil spelt pasta
Roast eggplant, tomato and basil spelt pasta

Papoutsakia

Summer vegetable tian

Eggplant parmigiana
Eggplant parmigiana

Eggplant lines

Four grilled Japanese eggplant slices, on a blue plate with a blue background.