Stuffed Brinjal
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • To Roast & Grind:
  • Red chilli dry – 4
  • Channa dal - 1 tbsp
  • Urad Dal – 2 tbsp
  • Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
  • Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Jeera – 1 tbsp
  • Pepper - 2 tsp
  • Tamarind – pinch
  • Garlic cloves – 5
  • Baby eggplant – 10
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Urad dal - 1tsp
  • Jeera - 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 1 spring
  • Hing – pinch
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
  • Green Chilli - 2, slit
  • Salt- 1 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Dry roast the ingredients under "to saute and grind" and grind to a smooth paste adding little water. Add turmeric powder and salt to it. Mix well and Set aside.
  2. Wash and slit the brinjals on top of it without removing the stalk. cut till half the way.
  3. Stuff the ground masala in the slit brinjal as much as possible.
  4. In a kadai, add little oil, add mustard seeds,urad dal, curry leaves, slit chillies . Now add the stuffed brinjal and saute for a minute. Keep the flame medium. Make sure the brinjal is well covered with oil. simmer the flame and cover the kadai. keep turning for each 3 minutes and when all sides are roasted, switch off. It usually takes 20 minutes.
  5. Sprinkle the left over ground masala if any is left over.
  6. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/masala-stuffed-baby-eggplants/