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Brinjal Eggplant (Wambatu Moju)
Though I ate many Sri Lankan dishes, the candied brinjal
eggplant (black stuff towards the right) was one that I
couldn’t get enough of. Though I ate it like a curry when I
was in Sri Lanka, it’s actually referred to more as a
pickle.
The eggplant is cooked to death with salt, oil, soy sauce,
and sugar until it becomes fall apart tender and the sugar
begins to caramelize. Though I’m not the biggest fan of
sweet things, this eggplant was to die for, and I tried to eat
it with every plate of rice and curry that I had.
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