Stuffed brinjal (Bharwa Baingan)

For those who love brinjals, here is an easy, fast and super tasty dish!

Ingredients

8 small brinjals

1 ½ cups of roasted peanuts

½ tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp coriander seed

6 cloves of garlic

1/3 tsp turmeric powder

¼ tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp coriander powder

Some coriander leaves (optional)

Salt to taste

1tbsp oil

¼ tsp mustard seeds

1/3 tsp cumin seeds

2 green chillies

A few curry leaves

5   cloves of garlic (optional)

3 to 4 cups of water

Instruction

-          Grind the roasted peanuts with cumin seeds, coriander seeds, garlic to a rough powder. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, and coriander powder.

-          Add salt and sufficient water to make a coarse paste. Can add coriander leaves at this stage.

-          Clean and slit brinjals into four, fill them with the masala paste. Keep any remaining masala aside.

-          Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies, curry leaves, garlic (optional), and the brinjals.

-          Cook till the brinjals change color but still somewhat hard, add the remaining masala, 3-4 cups of water and boil till cooked through.

-          Adjust salt, keep stirring so that masala does not stick.

-          Remove from fire and serve with chapatis

                                                           Served with jowar roti

Recipe courtesy - Dr. Anisha Goel