Roasted Eggplant Stew

Aubergines are also referred to as eggplants, bengan or vengna and come in different shapes and size. While the unusual ones are thin and long, there are the Sicilian ones that are round with a beautiful indentation to slice over! These are sweet and have very few seed bags. Picking the vegetable correctly saves you from the trouble of discarding the seed bags which tend to be bitter.

Pick the ones that are lighter (in weight), firm to the touch and as unblemished as p