Eggplant Chips with Cucumber Dip
I know I have hit on a really good raw food recipe when I can barely get the dish photographed because I want to eat it. So, if I tell you I should have taken more pictures of this one, you get the drift. The flavors compliment each other beautifully. The spicy chips love the cool cucumber dip. And the final addition of cumin to the cucumber dip (thanks Mom) was the perfect touch. These make a great appetizer, meal or beautiful addition to your entertaining raw food recipe collection.

Eggplant Chips with Cucumber Dip
Eggplant Chips
- 2 eggplants, peeled and sliced thin
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar (or liquid sweetener of your choice)
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon chipotle
- Place sliced eggplant in bowl.
- Mix all of the rest of the ingredients together, pour over eggplant.
- Marinate over night, stirring occasionally to coat.
- Dehydrate at 145 for 1 hour, reduce heat to 116 and dehydrate until crisp, about 6-8 more hours. (Don’t worry about starting at a higher temperature. The food never gets to that temp and is still raw.)
Cucumber Cumin Dip
- 1 cup cashews, soaked overnight, drained and rinsed
- Young thai coconut, flesh from
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 lemon, juice from
- 1 clove garlic
- pinch Himalayan Salt and pepper
- 1 cup cucumber, diced to 1/4 inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- Place cashews, water and coconut flesh, lemon juice and garlic in food processor. Process until smooth.
- Remove from food processor to bowl. Mix in salt and pepper (to taste), cucumber, cumin and parsley.
- Serve with eggplant chips.
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Aria Nicole wrote on February 3, 2011
Love how simple this is and I can’t wait to try it, thanks for sharing!!!
Andrew Lister wrote on February 2, 2011
About how much coconut flesh? I think there’s a typo it just says “flesh from” with no number
Love the site!!!
Susan wrote on February 2, 2011
Sorry that wasn’t clear… Young Thai Coconut = 1 coconut. SIngular. It is about 3/4 cup.
Susan wrote on February 2, 2011
Water: you can use the coconut water or regular filtered water.
Ida Friedman wrote on February 2, 2011
Is the “water” in the recipe coconut water? Or did you reserve that for other uses and just use regular water?
Cliff Champion wrote on February 2, 2011
I love that this is so simple! I can’t wait to give it a shot. Thanks!
-Cliff
Linda McMullen Marcy wrote on February 2, 2011
Yummy, I can not wait to try it & YES it looks so tempting.
Jane Plass wrote on February 1, 2011
Sounds good! I’ll have to try this.
Jennifer and Jaclyn @ sketch-free vegan wrote on February 1, 2011
cool! eggplant would make perfect chips!