美語情景對話 第871期:Eggplant Curry 茄子咖喱

Ginger: So, Nabeel, I really liked that eggplant curry you made the other night. What's in that?

金格：納比爾，我非常喜歡那天晚上你做的茄子咖喱。裏面都放了什麼？

Nabeel: Oh, you did. Okay. It's actually really easy. There's eggplant, and you need some potatoes, some tomatoes, and onions. And a few spices.

納比爾：哦，你喜歡嗎？其實做法非常簡單。需要茄子、土豆、蕃茄和洋蔥。還有一些調味料。

Ginger: Okay, what spices?

金格：好，需要哪些調味料？

Nabeel: Well, I use about half a teaspoon of tamery powder, and a teaspoon of coriander powder, red chili and cumin.

納比爾：我加了半茶匙的tamery粉，一茶匙的芫荽粉，紅辣椒和孜然。

Ginger: Are those easy to find at any grocery store?

金格：這些調味料在普通的食雜店能買到嗎？

Nabeel: You can find them at most grocery stores nowadays. If you can't find them at the major ones, you might want to look for an international food store and all of those carry the Indian spices.

納比爾：現在在大多數食雜店都能買到。如果在大食雜店買不到，你可以去國際食品店買，裏面有賣印度調味料。

Ginger: I have a really small kitchen. What kind of equipment do you need to make it?

金格：我的廚房非常小。你做茄子咖喱需要什麼廚具？

Nabeel: Oh, nothing at all. You just need a stove, and you need a sauce pan.

納比爾：哦，那沒關係。你只需要一個電爐和一個沙司鍋。

Ginger: Okay, I can handle that. So how do I make it?

金格：好，這個我有。那要怎麼做呢？

Nabeel: Well, first of all, you heat some oil in the sauce pan, and when the oil is hot enough, then you add the chopped onions, and a tablespoon of garlic paste, and a table spoon of ginger paste, and you let those cook for a few minutes, until the onions are turned brown, and then after that you, you add the tomatoes, and let those cook for a bit until the tomatoes have gone soft, and then you add all the spices: the tamery, the red chili, the coriander, the cumin and the salt of course. And just mix it up well at that point and add some water. The water prevents the spices from burning. After that, add the potatoes and then add the eggplant, and then pour in about a glass of water and just make sure the tomatoes and the eggplant are covered, and then you turn it to low heat and put the lid on and let it cook for about fifteen minutes.

納比爾：首先，在沙司鍋裏把油燒熱，在油熱了以後，放入切好的洋蔥、一湯匙蒜泥、一湯匙薑汁，翻炒幾分鐘，在洋蔥炒成棕黃色以後，加入蕃茄，再翻炒一下，把蕃茄炒軟之後加入所有調味料：tamery粉、紅辣椒、芫荽粉和孜然，再放些鹽。然後翻炒，加入一些水。水會防止調味料燃燒。之後，加入土豆和茄子，再放一杯水，確保水覆蓋住蕃茄和茄子，然後調至低火，蓋上鍋蓋，燜15分鐘左右。

Ginger: Okay, I'm not much of a cook but I think I can do that. I'll give it a try.

金格：好，我不太擅長做飯，不過我想這道菜我可以做。我會試試的。

Nabeel: Well, good luck.

納比爾：好，祝你好運。

Ginger: Thanks. Maybe I'll have you over and let you try it.

金格：謝謝。也許我會邀請你過來品嚐一下。

Nabeel: Yeah, I'd love that.

納比爾：好，我很樂意。

Ginger: All right.

金格：好。

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重點講解：
1. first of all 首先；
例句：First of all, let's see where we agree and disagree.
首先，我們來看看我們的共同點和不同點在什麼地方。
2. mix up 混合；
例句：Add some honey, and mix up all the ingredients.
加一些蜂蜜,混合所有的材料。
3. prevent sb. from doing sth. 阻止；制止；阻礙；
例句：Ignorance and superstition prevent them from benefiting from modern medicine.
由於無知和迷信，他們無法得到現代醫學的好處。
4. make sure 一定要；設法保證；
例句：Make sure the garage is well swilled out.
請務必將車庫裏裏外外都沖洗乾淨。