Japanese

Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing)

Name: Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 3 Japanese eggplants; 2 tbsp white miso paste; 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp mirin

Yuki @yuki_1993

Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

3 Japanese eggplants
2 tbsp white miso paste
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp mirin

How to cook it

Steam or microwave the whole eggplants until tender, about 8 minutes, then let cool and tear into strips.
Grind the sesame seeds coarsely and mix with the miso, sugar, and mirin.
Toss the eggplant with the sesame miso dressing just before serving.

Watch how to cook Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Simmer)
  
  30 min
Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing) carries soy and sesame. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Ninjin Shirishiri (Carrot and Egg Stir-Fry with Tuna)
Fish	No
Sesame	Yes	Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 70 kcal
Protein: 3 g
Carbs: 11 g
Fat: 2 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 280 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Nasu no Goma Miso-ae (Eggplant with Sesame Miso Dressing) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.