I made this before few months and posted a reel. I got too many people asking for recipe and somehow i never got time to type this. So here you go! 🙂
This is a spiced gravy with tamarind flavor and roasted brinjal. It’s great with rice and some ghee. Lovely! Life is beautiful for sure at this moment when we have this 😀 !
Recipes with Brinjal: Brinjal quick roasted curry, roasted stuffed eggplant,.
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Ingredients
- Roast:
- Sesame Oil – 2tbsp
- Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
- Chana dal – 2 tsp
- Peeled peanuts – 3 tsp
- Coriander seeds – 5 tsp
- Sesame seeds – 3 tsp
- Coconut – 4 tsp, or 1/4 cup
- Water – 1/4 cup
- Roast brinjal:
- Sesame oil
- Brinjal – 15 small , slit into four but not fully. we have the ends.
- Curry:
- Sesame oil – 2 tbsp
- Red chillies – 4 dry roasted
- Hing – 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Garlic cloves – 14, peeled
- Onions – 1 cup, finely chopped or small onions – 1 cup, peeled
- Curry leaves – 7-8
- Tomatoes – 3, medium, blended
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Tamarind soaked in water – 70g tamarind in 140g water.
- Salt – 1.5 tsp
- Jaggery – 1/2 tsp
Directions
- Roast:
- Firstly heat oil, add ingredients one by one. Add fenugreek seeds and roast now. Add Chana dal and roast . Then add peanuts and roast for few seconds. Then coriander seeds and roast it. Add sesame seeds and roast it. Finally add coconut and turn the gas off, and toss. Turn off so that coconut doesn’t change color. Transfer to a blender with water and blend it to a paste.
- Roast Brinjal:
- heat oil in medium flame and roast brinjal . This looks colourful for 3-4 mins until it’s half cooked. It’s cut for the oil to seal into and cook thoroughly.
- Keep it aside.
- Curry:
- Add oil in medium flame, mustard seeds, red chillies, hing,curry leaves, garlic , onion and roast it until it’s translucent.
- Add blended tomatoes and mix well for 2 minutes .
- Add coriander and chilli powder. Add blended masala paste. Mix well.
- It will take time for the masalas to get sautéed. It will take 4-5 mins.
- Then add tamarind water and mix well. Cook this until the tamarind smell is gone. It will take 6-7 mins.
- Add jaggery and salt at this stage.
- Let it boil for few mins till the raw smell goes.
- Add roasted brinjals and wait till it’s cooked well. This is usually 5 minutes.
- Notes & Tips:
- Sesame oil is strongly recommended for best result.
