Description
Product Description
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Solanum Melongena
Aubergine is part of the Solanaceae or Nightshade family, along with tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, and many others.
The fruit can come in a variety of colours, like purple, white, green, orange, creamy lavender and pinky-purple with white stripes and can be egg-shaped, round, or long and thin.
White eggplants have white creamy colour flesh whereas the flesh of purples ones have a greenish hue.
Aubergine is considered a superfood because of its high nutritious value. This high-fiber and low-calorie vegetable contains essential nutrients and minerals. It is an ideal addition to your daily diet.
They are a good source of vitamins B1, B6, C, K, and folate.
Cooking with aubergine
Eggplant or aubergine is used in the cuisine of many countries.
- In Indian cuisine, aubergine is used in a wide variety of dishes, including chutneys, curries, sambar and baingan bharta
- In Chinese cuisine, aubergines are deep fried, barbequed or roasted and eaten with rice and meat
- In Japanese cuisine, aubergine slices are grilled and served with a meat stuffing in a dish called hasamiyaki
- In French cuisine, aubergine is a key ingredient in stewed vegetable dish ratatouilleIn Italian cuisine, aubergine is layered with cheese and tomato and baked to make parmigiana
- In Greek cuisine, aubergine is fried and layered with meat and white sauce to make moussaka
- In Italian cuisine, aubergine is layered with cheese and tomato and baked to make parmigiana
Cool facts about aubergine
- Chinese were the first to grow eggplants in a systematic way during the 5th century BC
- The heaviest aubergine weighed 3.362 kg (7 lb 6.6 oz) and was grown by Peter Glazebrook (UK)
- It is called brain food, as the potassium in eggplants acts as a vasodilator and a brain booster
- People called it “eggplant”, because some produce small white fruits that look like chicken eggs
- They produce a substance called solanine which is poisonous if consumed in large quantities
Aubergine Blanka
Product Description
Early variety that produces extremely tasty and tender, elongated pear-shaped fruits of a white glossy colour, weighing between 10-14oz (280-400g).
Sow Indoors: February – April
Transplant: May – June
Spacing: 30″ between rows/ 15″ between plants
Harvest: July – September
Soil – Well-drained and rich in organic matter. A soil pH of 5.5 to 6.8 is ideal
Position – Full sun
- Each seed packet comes with detailed sowing and growing instructions.
