The eggplant is a healthy and delicious vegetable. You can cook it in a number of ways, but if you want it to retain all of its essential nutrients it is best to have it baked. This is also quite an easy way for preparing this vegetable so even a beginner can do it easily and quickly. Here is how to bake eggplant - follow the steps and you are bound to get it right.

Wash the vegetables well and remove the stem. The cut them into slices - these have to be no thicker than a finger. One of the most essential tips on how to bake eggplant is to make tiny holes in the sink of each piece with the use of a fork. In this way the vegetables will cook better plus they will not burst to make a mess of your oven.

Once you have the slices ready you have to cover a baking dish with a thin layer of vegetable oil. Make sure that the walls are coated also. Then place the eggplant inside. There has to be some distance between the slices, but most importantly you should not put them on top of each other. The next step is to preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C) and put the dish inside. After half an hour you have to turn the slices over and leave them to bake on the other side for the same time. The time for cooking should be an hour, but if the vegetable pieces get too brown, you might want to reduce is slightly.

As you can see learning how to bake eggplant is very easy and you can readily use this method. You can serve the cooked vegetables with some olive oil dressing or with a garlic sauce - they will taste absolutely delicious.