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Eggplant with Creamy Caramelized Onions

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1 hr + 5 min

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This versatile recipe serves beautifully as either a side dish or a main course, and is full of savoury goodness! Spiced and baked to achieve a tender texture, the eggplant is accompanied by a richly caramelized onion dip. For added crunch, we highly recommend serving the eggplant with toasted bread slices.

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1 hr + 5 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

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What others say

Tamara - Nov. 17, 2025, 10:04 p.m.

The scaling of this recipe has half an aubergine as one portion, which is not enough. The ratio of tofu cream to aubergine was also not for me. I've got cream left for another two meals.
The tofu cream was quite bland as well, so I added heaps of herbs and spices to make it palatable.
The aubergines themselves were amazing though and I'd make them again with something else.

PUL small logo PUL Team - Nov. 18, 2025, 7:56 p.m.

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this, Tamara, you’re absolutely right. We originally had this recipe flagged as a side dish, which is why the portions were set to half an aubergine per serving. With your feedback, we’ve now updated it to be a meal and adjusted it so each serving uses a full aubergine. You’re also right that the cream makes quite a bit. We like to pile it high on the aubergine and then mop up any extra with the toasted bread, but that’s definitely personal preference. As for the flavour, a lot of it comes from the caramelized onions that get folded through the tofu cream. The deeper and slower the caramelization of the onions, the sweeter and more flavourful the cream becomes. That said, we’re big fans of customizing things to taste, so adding herbs and spices is always encouraged. Really appreciate your feedback, and I’m glad the aubergines themselves were a hit!

Amrita Gupta - Nov. 4, 2025, 4:47 a.m.

I made this recipe. Also added some adobo chilli paste for the tangy spice. It is such a nice change and a burst of flavors! Thank you

Natasha - Sept. 16, 2025, 4 p.m.

Drool! We had this with mashed potato and it was divine. The whole family had clean plates and I even kept some back for packed lunches. Thank you for another heavenly, busy-mum-approved recipe! 😍

PUL small logo PUL Team - Sept. 16, 2025, 5:47 p.m.

Mmm mashed potatoes sound like a delicious pairing, Natasha! Busy-mum-approved is one of the biggest compliments we could ask for too 🥰

Valentina Turovska - Sept. 6, 2025, 2:12 p.m.

Awesome! Now I will eat eggplants more often.

Karolina - Aug. 30, 2025, 7:44 p.m.

A truly royal recipe! Easy to prepare and cheap at the same time. Thank you:)