{"id":286,"date":"2022-04-16T08:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T08:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightercooking\/?p=286"},"modified":"2022-04-22T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T10:00:21","slug":"eggplant-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightercooking\/eggplant-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Eggplant, the Edible Fruit of the Nightshade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Eggplant is also known as brinjal in South Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions. In Europe, it is more commonly known using the French term aubergine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This plant is a variety of the nightshade plant and the term eggplant is more commonly referring to the edible savory\u00a0fruit\u00a0of the same plant. It is more closely related to the\u00a0potato<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0tomato<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n