Moroccan Eggplant Salad

Ref:

• Epicurious recipe
• Traditional Baba Ganoush (this Wiki) for notes on smoking/charring

Ingredients:

• Scant teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 pound/1 large firm eggplant
• 1 small, red onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
• 2 Tablespoons chopped flat parsley, divided

Equipment:

• Electric spice grinder OR mortar and pestle

Accompany with:

• toasted or plain pita, possibly decorated with olive oil, sumac, and/or paprika

Method:

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