After a
long time I purchased some baby eggplants or Brinajl from shop, while buying
only I am really excited because eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables. I
really didn’t want to cook them in simple way so I tried to cook it in Andhra
style. And they turned out too good. The taste of tamarind
made this dish so different. I think this one is perfect for Roti or you can have
with rice also.
The baby
eggplants are really soft so you don’t need to cook for a long time, but the
freshness of the brinjals gave this dish a different look also. I added some
fresh coconut also to make the gravy thick. A very easy way to feast yourself with
this simple EGGPLANT CURRY, and perfect for vegetarian guests too.
Ingredients:
1.Few baby
eggplants (4 to 6).
2.One
medium sliced onion.
3.One large
chopped tomato.
4.Two green
chili.
5.One tea
spoon ginger paste.
6.One tea
spoon garlic paste.
7.Half cup shredded
coconut.
8.Half tea
spoon red chili powder.
9.Half tea
spoon coriander powder.
10.Few
mustard seeds, Few meethi/fenugreek seeds, one dry red chili, Few curry leaves.
11.Sunflower
oil for cooking.
12.Salt and
Sugar as per taste.
13.one
table spoon tamarind pulp water.
Process:
Wash the
baby eggplants, now cut them on top horizontally and vertically like + but don’t
cut it completely.
Now add
some oil in a vessel and fry the brinjal pieces with a cover, just fry till the
brinjals look soft and keep them aside.
Now in a different
vessel and some oil, allow it to hot then add the sliced onions and fry them
till the onions are soft. Now add the ginger garlic paste and sauté for some
time.
Now add the
chopped tomato, red chili powder and coriander powder salt and shredded coconut
and cook for 4 to 5 mint in low flame with a cover.
Now allow
it to cool and make a fine paste with the masala mix.
Now add
some oil In a separate bowl, then add the mustard seeds, meethi seeds, curry
leaves and dry red chili then slowly add the masala mix and cook for few mints.
Now add
some sugar and the tamarind pulp water and some extra water also and mix well,
now cook this with a cover till the oil start floating on top.
Now add the
fried baby eggplants and cook for another 3 to 4 mints with cover.
Now switch off
the flame you easy BABY EGGPLANT CURRY
or MASALA BRINJAL is ready to serve.
