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Ingredients:
Eggplant ( small round purple variety) - 10
Onions - 1 (big)
Green Chillies - 8 (medium)
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp
Peanuts - 1 cup
Sesame seeds (Til) - 1/4 cup
Fresh Coconut - 1/4
Garam masala powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Dhania powder - 1 tsp
Tamarind paste - 4 tsp
Tomatoes - 2 (big)
Curry leaves - 7 or 8
Coriander - 1/2 bunch
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1/4 cup for curry
water - 1 1/2 cups
Procedure:
1) Roast the peanuts and sesame seeds separately. Grind
the peanuts, sesame
seeds and coconut into a fine paste.
2) In a bowl, add garam masala powder, salt, chilli
powder, dhania powder
and ginger-garlic to the above paste. Mix well.
3) Make vertical slits to the eggplant at right angles
to each other but
do not cut through.
4) Stuff the eggplant with the above paste and keep
aside.
5) To a pan, add oil. When hot, add mustard and when
they start spluttering,
add cumin seeds, curry leaves. Add onions and green
chilles and saute them
till they turn brown
6) Add chopped tomatoes and cook till all the water from
eggplant evaporates.
Add the stuffed eggplant. Mix well.
7) Cover and cook for about 10 minutes. Add the tamarind
paste, water and
salt(as necessary). Cover and cook on medium flame until
the eggplant is
tender.
8) Garnish with chopped corainder. Serve hot with rice/chapathi.
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For Details about
Ingredients , check your nearest Indian Store
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