Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Recipe - Spicy Stuffed Baingan (Aubergine) Masala


Also known as 'bharleli vaangi' in my native tongue Marathi, this is one of my favorite dishes (read vegetarian dishes)
Don't go by the gooey 'swimming-in-oil' picture that I've depicted - you can also cook it for heart patients with less oil....but then, don't take the trouble...give them something bland, less oily and less delicious instead :p

Cooking steps:
1) Finely chop onions, and grate coconut--> fry this till brown
2) Allow it to cool
3) Put the browned onoins and coconut into the mixer, and grind along with ginger, garlic, garam masala (roasted dry Indian spices), red chilli powder, turmeric powder,salt to taste and coriander (cilantro) leaves.
4) Slit the brinjal into 4 and stuff it with the prepared masala, leave for 15 mins
5) In the cooker,  heat oil, add the brinjal, chopped tomatoes and all the remaining masala
6) Add a lil water, and let it cook (2 whistles in the pressure cooker)

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