Baingan / brinjal is not everyone's favourite. Was'nt mine either. Until my friend from office brought this particular baingan dish for lunch. I thought it was really yummy. So of course I immediately took down the recipe and promptly made it for dinner the next day.
Ingredients
1/2 kg baby baingans/ brinjals
1/2 a cup of coconut, grated
1 small Bowl of jaggery, grated
1/2 tsp asafoetida / hing
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp chilli powder
1 lemon sized ball of tamarind
3-4 curry leaves
2 tbsp oil
Procedure
- Slice the brinjals in thin slices and put it into a bowl of water mixed with 1 tsp of salt
- Soak the tamarind in a bowl of warm water
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan
- When the the oil is hot, toss about the Brinjal Slices unil it is cooked, keep aside
- To the same oil, add another tbsp of oil and add the mustard seeds
- When the mustard seeds start spluttering, add the hing and curry leaves
- Next add the coconut, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and fry for 2-3 minutes
- Squeeze out the tamarind pulp and add to the above mixture
- Now add the brinjal slices and add a little water if required and cook for about 5 minutes Brinjal Sabzi is ready !
Happy cooking!
