Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Delicious spicy Eggplant (zakeydaar bharwa baigan)

Ingredients 

5-6 small eggplant (baigan)
Two table spoon vegetable oil   
One  teaspoon (tsp) cumin seeds (jeera)

Now make a paste of the following:

One small tsp Fenugreek powder (sauff)

One small tsp coriander powder (dhaniya)

One small tsp turmeric powder (Haldi)

Half tsp red chilly powder (lal mirch)

One small tsp mango powder (amchurn)

One small tsp garam masala powder

Salt to taste
Cooking:
Wash and dry the eggplant
Cut each eggplant into four pieces keeping the base intact so that it looks like flower
Now with the help of a tea spoon, fill the paste (already prepared) into each eggplant and delicately bring back the eggplant to it's original shape. 
pour oil in a vessel (kadhai) and once it's hot, put cumin seeds into it and let them turn golden brown
now one by one put each eggplant into the vessel and turn the heat to low. 
with the help of a spatula, keep changing the sides of the eggplants so that it cooks from all sides.
Cook for 8-9 mins.
Serve hot with paranthas.













2 comments:

  1. Aunty I trust you enough to blindly follow you. :) But thought it would be a good idea to confirm - is there no salt in the baingan masala?

    Shrutee

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  2. I thought jainism didn't allow eggplant? Although I understand there are different sects....

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