Stuffed Eggplant

Bharali vangi

Stuffed Eggplant

Ingredients:
4-6 small Eggplants
1½ cup fresh grated Coconut
½ cup roasted peanuts powder
3-4 Dry Red Chilies or Red chili powder to taste
2 tsp Sesame seeds
1 tsp Cumin Powder
2 tsp Goda Masala (Maharashtrian Masala)
2-3 tsp grated Jaggery
3 tsp Tamarind Pulp
For Tempering: ¼ Tsp Mustard Seeds, ¼ Tsp Cumin Seeds, Pinch of Asafoetida powder, ½ tsp Turmeric Powder,1 tsp Red Chili Powder
Salt to taste
3-4 tsp Oil


Method:
1) First, we are going to make stuffing. In a mixing bowl put grated coconut, roasted peanuts powder, Sesame seeds, Goda Masala, dry Red Chilies. Mix them well.
2) Now heat a saucepan. Put these ingredients into saucepan. On medium heat, roast them for a couple of minutes without adding oil. Transfer roasted ingredients to a plate to cool down. Grind these ingredients to fine powder.
3) Mix Tamarind Pulp and grated jaggery. Put this mixture to ground ingredients. Add salt and cumin powder and mix well.
4) Wash eggplants. Hold the eggplant vertically and give 4 slits. It should look like plus sign (+). Do not cut through the eggplant into pieces. Now stuff these eggplants with the mixture. Keep 3-4 tbsp mixture aside for making gravy.
5) In a wok, heat 2-3 tsp oil. Temper with Mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, Asafoetida Powder, Turmeric Powder, Red chili powder. Add the mixture kept aside for gravy. Add little water and salt. Place eggplant very carefully. Keep the heat on medium low. Cover the wok with lid. Let the eggplants cook on the steam. Change the position of eggplant after 4-5 minutes.
6) Use knife to check whether Eggplants are done. Serve hot with Bhakari or chapatti.

Note:
1) While buying eggplants, choose fresh and small eggplants. These cooks little faster and taste really good.
2) If you don’t have time to cook eggplants in the wok. You can pressure-cook them.
3) You can add chopped onion. After adding tempering items, fry onion till it becomes translucent. Then add eggplants.

Labels:
Stuffed Eggplant, Maharashtrian Eggplant recipe, Eggplant recipe, Brinjal recipe, Spicy Eggplant recipe