Name: “Fish” and chips
Yield: serving
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: 1 brinjal; 2 nori sheets broken into pieces; 15 ml lemon juice; 5 ml garlic cloves, crushed; 60 ml soy sauce; 45 ml aquafaba; 250 ml sparkling water ice cold; 30 ml maize meal; 125 ml soya flour; 125 ml flour self-raising; 2,5 ml Robertson's bicarbonate of soda; 2,5 ml garlic powder; salt and freshly ground black pepper; fish; oil for deep frying; mealie meal; chips; oven-bake chips; tartare sauce; 250 ml vegan mayonnaise; 30 ml gherkins chopped; 30 ml onion chopped; 5 ml capers chopped; 45 ml carrots grated; salt and freshly ground black pepper; to serve to serve; rocket

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Ingredients (27)

1	brinjal
2	nori sheets — broken into pieces
15 ml	lemon juice
5 ml	garlic — cloves, crushed
60 ml	soy sauce

BATTER

45 ml	aquafaba
250 ml	sparkling water — ice cold
30 ml	maize meal
125 ml	soya flour
125 ml	flour — self-raising
2,5 ml	Robertson's bicarbonate of soda
2,5 ml	garlic — powder
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
	fish
	oil — for deep frying
	mealie meal
	chips
	oven-bake chips
	tartare sauce
250 ml	vegan mayonnaise
30 ml	gherkins — chopped
30 ml	onion — chopped
5 ml	capers — chopped
45 ml	carrots — grated
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
	to serve — to serve
	rocket

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Method:

1. Slice
the brinjal lengthways into four slices, each 5mm thick. Remove the skin.
Arrange the slices in a layer in a dish.

2. Mix
the nori, lemon juice, garlic, soy sauce and olive oil and pour over the
brinjal slices. Marinate for an hour.

3. Halfway
through the marinating time, preheat the oven to 190ºC. Grease a baking sheet with
non-stick spray.

4. Batter:
Whisk the aquafaba until foamy. Add the rest of the ingredients and whisk until
a smooth batter has formed.

5. ‘Fish’:
Heat the oil for deep-frying until hot.

6. Sift
mealie meal over a slice of brinjal, dip in the batter and deep-fry until brown.
Drain on paper towels. Repeat with the rest of the brinjal slices and batter.

7. Chips:
Arrange the chips in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake until done and
crispy on the outside.

8. Tartar
sauce: Mix all the ingredients.

9. To
serve: Garnish the brinjal slices with rocket and serve with the chips and
tartar sauce.