Stuffed Brinjal’s Curry With Indian Spices

Brinjal's are cooked in various ways,each differ from one another.

 I am sharing with you my mom's recipe she loves brinjal's & I love her recipe's full of love.

Brinjal's doesn't have much nutrition values but they are tasty...  

Ingredients (8 servings)

Violet Brinjal’s   250gms
oil 5 tbsp

Sesame seeds (Till) 50gms

Cumin (Jeera) 2tsp

Dried Red Chillies (seeds) 1/2tsp

Onions 3nos

Salt as per taste

Turmeric powder (haldi)  1/2tsp

Red chilli powder just for colour

Green chillies 2-3nos

Tamarind pulp thick 2-3tbsp

How to make stuffing

Take a pan add sesame seeds(till),dried red chillies, cumin(jeera),mustard(methi) & roast them till light brown or until they pop.
Then remove it from gas as they may burn & keep aside.

Finely slice the onions & fry them to light golden colour with minimum oil.

Grind all the roasted spices & also grind the fried onions.

Then combine both & mix well.

Stuffing

Wash the brinjals , do not remove the stem , and slit them vertically and horizontally like a plus sign(starting from the opposite end of the stem) without breaking them into halves.You can make as many slits as you like 4,6,8..

 Stuff the grinded paste into the brinjal slits & keep it aside.
keep the remaining paste aside as it will be used later. 

Cooking procedure

Take a sauce pan, heat 3tbsp oil.

Add garlic cloves 8nos, cumin(jeera),mustard(ra’ee),dry red chillies, curry leaves, hing (astopfied)1/4tsp.

Add the stuffed brinjals & its remaining stuffing too in this pan.

Close with a lid & simmer the flame.After 5 minutes add tamarind paste 2-3tbsp.

Remove from heat when brinjals are tender and when oil floats on top. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with hot white rice.


by faiza anjum


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