Bean Thread Noodles with Asian Eggplant

Ingredients

• .8-oz. package bean thread noodles
  1 8 unit
• Asian Eggplants

  about 1 pound, stem ends removed
  2 unit
• Tbs. vegetable oil
  3 unit
• Tbs. minced garlic
  1 unit
• Shallots

  thinly sliced
  4 unit
• -oz. package tofu nuggets
  1 5 unit
• vinegar
  1/4 cup
• Sugar
  1/3 cup
• tamarind concentrate
  1/3 cup
• fresh coriander

  roughly chopped for garnish
  1 cup