# 茄子这样做太好吃了，不炒不油炸，加2根黄瓜，出锅比红烧肉还香

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YstrvGzqDi0
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Generated: 2025-12-19T09:36:37.409+00:00

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## Quick Overview

The video demonstrates making a savory dish featuring eggplant and cucumber mixed with a flavorful sauce, followed by a separate demonstration of making sweet potato buns with red bean filling, and a final demonstration of making carrot and celery patties with a meat filling, all showcasing various Chinese home-cooking techniques.

**Key Points:**
- The video presents three distinct recipes: a savory eggplant and cucumber salad, sweet potato buns with red bean filling, and savory vegetable/meat patties stuffed into carrot-based wrappers.
- The eggplant and cucumber dish involves crushing the eggplant with a rolling pin, tearing the flesh, soaking it in water with white vinegar to prevent oxidation, and steaming it for 8 minutes.
- The sweet potato bun recipe uses 200g of ripe banana mixed with 3 eggs (about 60g each), then adding 400g high-gluten flour, 5g yeast, 20g sugar, and 30g oil, followed by kneading, proofing, shaping into small buns, brushing with egg yolk, sprinkling sesame seeds, and steaming for 40 minutes.
- The savory vegetable and meat filling preparation involves stir-frying minced pork until browned, adding bean paste, oyster sauce, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, scallions, red pepper, and finally thickening with water and starch.
- The carrot and tofu dish involves blanching steamed potato slices (400g), then preparing a filling by stir-frying minced pork with celery, red pepper, ginger, garlic, soybean paste, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and finally thickening with starch, before stuffing this mixture into potato slices and steaming.
- The video concludes by showing the final appearance of the dishes, emphasizing the texture (e.g., soft/chewy potato balls, flaky sesame cakes, savory/juicy meat filling in vegetable wraps).

![Screenshot at 00:05: The video begins the preparation of the eggplant and cucumber salad by instructing the viewer to first use a rolling pin to gently smash the eggplant on a cutting board to help it absorb flavor.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/YstrvGzqDi0/00-00-05.png)

**Context:** This video is a compilation of several quick home-cooking tutorials presented by '小颖美食' (Xiao Ying Mei Shi). It showcases methods for preparing three distinct dishes: a cold eggplant and cucumber salad, a sweet baked good (pumpkin-shaped sweet potato buns), and a savory stir-fry/steamed dish involving minced meat, vegetables, and tofu. The flow alternates between savory appetizers/main courses and a sweet bread item.

## Detailed Analysis

The video provides instructions for three separate recipes. First, a savory eggplant and cucumber dish: the eggplant is smashed with a rolling pin (00:05) and then torn into pieces, soaking in water with a bit of white vinegar to prevent browning (00:18). The pieces are then steamed over boiling water for 8 minutes (00:29). Separately, a savory sauce is made by finely chopping red chili, garlic, scallions, and red pepper, then pouring hot oil over them to release fragrance (01:24), followed by adding soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, and sugar, and stirring well (01:38). The steamed eggplant is mixed with the prepared cucumbers (01:51) and the sauce, resulting in a flavorful cold dish (02:02). Second, a sweet potato bun recipe is shown: 200g of ripe banana is mashed with 3 eggs (02:40), mixed with 400g high-gluten flour, 5g yeast, 20g sugar, and 30g oil (03:14), kneaded until smooth (03:38), allowed to proof until doubled (03:46), shaped into pumpkin-like buns (04:49), brushed with egg yolk, sprinkled with black and white sesame seeds (05:27), and finally steamed for 40 minutes (05:38). Third, a savory carrot and tofu dish is demonstrated: carrot is julienned and diced (04:34), celery is chopped (05:06), and tofu is pan-fried until golden brown (08:00). A savory filling is made by stir-frying minced pork with seasonings, then adding the chopped celery and red pepper (04:04), and finally thickening with a water-starch slurry (06:52). The fried tofu pieces are placed on a plate, the meat filling is spooned onto the tofu (07:04), and the dish is garnished with chopped scallions (08:07). The video concludes with close-ups of the finished dishes.

### Eggplant & Cucumber Salad Preparation

- Eggplant is smashed with a rolling pin (00:05) and torn into pieces, soaked in water with white vinegar to prevent oxidation (00:18), then steamed for 8 minutes (00:29).

### Savory Sauce Preparation

- Aromatics (chili, garlic, scallion, red pepper) are bloomed in hot oil (01:24), then seasoned with soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, and sugar (01:38).

### Sweet Potato Buns

- Banana and egg batter is mixed with flour, yeast, sugar, and oil (03:14), kneaded (03:38), shaped like pumpkins (04:49), topped with egg wash and sesame seeds (05:27), and steamed for 40 minutes (05:38).

### Carrot and Tofu Dish Filling

- Minced pork is stir-fried, seasoned with bean paste, oyster sauce, soy sauce, aromatics, and thickened with starch (02:05).

### Carrot & Tofu Dish Assembly

- Steamed potato slices (400g) are topped with the cooked meat filling and served (07:04, 08:15).

### Savory Crepe Filling

- The filling (meat, carrots, wood ear mushrooms) is stir-fried (02:11), then added to thin crepes made from rice flour and eggs (04:04, 09:25), folded, and pan-fried until golden (10:38).

![Screenshot at 00:05: The initial step of the eggplant and cucumber salad preparation, showing a rolling pin being used to smash the eggplant on a cutting board.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/YstrvGzqDi0/00-00-05.png)
![Screenshot at 03:22: The banana and egg mixture is combined with flour, yeast, and sugar to form a light-colored dough, indicating the start of the sweet bun preparation.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/YstrvGzqDi0/00-03-22.png)
![Screenshot at 08:07: Steamed potato slices are shown ready to be mashed into a base for a savory topping.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/YstrvGzqDi0/00-08-07.png)
![Screenshot at 26:55: The minced meat filling, cooked with vegetables and seasonings, is shown simmering and thickening in the wok.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/YstrvGzqDi0/00-26-55.png)
![Screenshot at 35:32: The finished sweet potato buns, shaped like pumpkins with a dark red bean filling visible through the yellow dough strips, are presented.](https://ss.rapidrecap.app/screens/YstrvGzqDi0/00-35-32.png)
