My mom usually serves this eggplant salad as a side for any grilled fish or meat. It’s a very Pinoy dish since green salad is not something that you will regularly see on a Filipino table. Specially in the early 70’s where iceberg lettuce is the only leafy salad greens that is available in grocery stores.
Start by grilling 2 Asian eggplants. This is the long and thin ones which has a sweeter taste. When cool enough to handle peel the charred skin and flatten with a fork to form an oval shape. Set aside.
Chop 2-3 tomatoes and half a medium sized red onion. Place in a bowl. Season with a mixture of 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon Philippine cane vinegar, juice of half a lime and ground pepper. Toss until the onions and tomatoes are coated with the dressing. Pour on top of the eggplant.
One other way to serve this is just by placing the coarsely chopped grilled eggplant in a bowl then and add tomatoes and onion in. Pour your dressing and toss to combine. Serve chilled.
