Recipe CookBook

Stuffed (bhara hua) Baigan

Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

8-10 small rounded firm brinjals (Eggplant)

3 medium onions , chopped and roasted

3 tbsp. roasted groundnuts powdered coarsely

3 tbsp. grated fresh coconut, roasted

1 tsp cloves, roasted

2 tsp red chilli powder, roasted

2 tsp dhania-jeera(coriander- seed mixture), roasted and powdered

1 small bunch coriander leaves, chopped and roasted

salt to taste

2-3 tbsp. oil

1/2 tsp each mustard and seeds

1/2 cup curds (plain unflavored yoghurt)

Method:

1-Wash and the clean brinjals. Make 2 slits to form a cross.

2-Rub them with some curd and salt and set aside.

3-Mix all the roasted masala in the blender with some curd to make a smooth filling. Stuff some of this mixture into each slit of the brinjals.

4-Heat oil in a heavy or non-stick pan, add the mustard, seeds wait to splutter, slide in the brinjals slowly.

5-Any mixture which is remaining can be now added to cover the vegetable.

6-Add some water.

7-Simmer till the vegetable is tender and done.