This is my favourite recipe...just while writing it also I am feeling my mouth is watering ;)
I prepare Jowar-Ragi roti with this curry.
Preparation time: 10 min
cooking time: 10 min
Ingredients:
Medium sized Brinjals
For stuffing: desiccated coconut ( Dry coconut grated)
Garam masala ( काळा मसाला / गोडा मसाला )
Red chilli powder
Garlic cloves
Roasted ground nuts powder
Salt to taste
Turmeric
Jaggery
For garnishing: Finely Chopped coriander leaves
* adjust the quantity of stuffing masala as per Brinjals in number and size.
Procedure:
- Dry roast grated ( dry) coconut in kadhai or pan for 3-4 min just till it changes color by little.
- In mixer, put the roasted coconut, ground nut powder ( roasted peanuts's powder),red chilli powder, salt to taste, garam masala,turmeric and grind on low speed for 2-3 minutes.Now remove the pan and add garlic cloves and grind again for a minute. Add grated Jaggery and mix the ground masala well with hand in order de solve the lumps if any while grinding.
- Slit the Brinjals to give a + sign. That is 1vertical and 1 horizontal slit taking care that Brinjal doesn't get cut into 2 pieces:)
- Fill the above ground masala in the slitted Brinjals as much as possible. If masala is remaining, keep it aside. It can be used while cooking the Brinjals.
- In a small vessel which can be properly fitted into your pressure cooker, keep these stuffed Brinjals one by one.
- Pressure cook them for 2 whistles. Note: Don't put water in the container in which you have kept Brinjals.
- Let the cooker cool down.
- Keep a pan on stove to heat up. Add 1 Tsp oil. Once oil is hot, keep the cooked brinjals one by one in the pan on oil carefully.
- After 2-3 minutes just flip them carefully in order to apply the oil all over the Brinjal.
- Shallow fry them like this for 3-4 minutes. Add the extra masala iff any remaining.
Ready to serve!!!!!!
It saves lots of time and gas and oil :) yet the same taste..and more healthy :)
Garnish it with nice fresh cilantro.
Happy eating!!!!!!!!!!!
