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Air-fryer hasselback brinjals

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23 August 2025
8
Easy
10 minutes
15 minutes

“If gomashio is new to you, then welcome your new favourite seasoning for greens, chips, noodles or fried eggs.” – Khanya Mzongwana

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Ingredients

Method
    For the gomashio:

  • 35 g sesame seeds, toasted
  • 2 t Maldon salt
  • 4 large brinjals
  • 1 T fine salt
  • 4 T maple syrup
  • 2 t dried thyme
  • 2 t paprika
  • 4 T extra virgin olive oil

1. To make the gomashio, place the sesame seeds and salt in a blender and blitz to a rough powder.

2. Slice the brinjals hasselback style, then salt well, making sure to season in the grooves.

3. Whisk the maple syrup, thyme, paprika and olive oil, then pour over the brinjals. Air-fry for 15 minutes at 190°C.

4. Sprinkle the gomashio over the brinjals.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food Assistant: Leila-Ann Mokotedi

Khanya Mzongwana

Recipe by: Khanya Mzongwana

If you're anything like our deputy food editor Khanya Mzongwana, you're obsessed with uniqueness and food with feeling. Cook her family-tested favourites, midweek winners and her mouth-wateringly fresh takes on plant-based eating.

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