Simmered Eggplant 　　　(Nasu no Nitsuke)
8 eggplant (nasu)
	2 cup bonito soup (dashi)
	1 tbsp sake
	1 1 or 1 　tbsp soy sauce (shouyu) 　　　　2
	1 tbsp sugar (satou)			nasu
	1 tbsp mirin
1. Wash eggplant and run a knife on the skin, cross-score the skin surface at 1cm intervals. 2. Stir-fry eggplants, rolling them. 3. Add bonito soup, sake, sugar, soy sauce and mirin, and simmer. Serves 4