Eggplants are a favorite across several cuisines worldwide. In India, eggplants are cooked several dissimilar ways, i of the most pop ones beingness "baingan bharta", inwards which the eggplant is charcoal roasted , peeled, mashed together with mixed alongside crude oil together with spices. That is yummy. In India, nosotros too honor babe eggplants which are most unremarkably stuffed alongside diverse spices together with cooked. Again, at that topographic point are several dissimilar ways to practise this. Where I am from, which is Karnataka State inwards Southern India, nosotros brand a glue of coconut, roasted coriander together with fenugreek seeds, ruby chillies ,stuff the cute footling eggplants alongside it together with deadening laid it on the stove-top.
The advert of this stuffed eggplant varies upon which sort of eggplant has been used. If y'all used the greenish babe eggplant, it is called "Gulla Sagle"and if majestic eggplant has been used, it is called "Vaingana Sagle". I similar them both!:) Some saute chopped onions inwards earlier adding the eggplants in. I similar it without the onions together with that's how I brand it.It is pretty slowly to make.
Servings: 4-6
Ingredients:
Baby Eggplant: 1 lb
Coconut oil: 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Freshly grated coconut: 1 cup
Dried ruby chillies: 4-6 medium sized ( depending on your spice level).
Tamarind: marble sized if using dry, 1/4 tsp if using the pulp.
Coriander seeds: 1 tbsp
Fenugreek seeds( methi seeds): 1/4 tsp
Water: 1/2-1 loving cup for grinding the paste.
Salt: every bit per taste
Jaggery/ dark-brown sugar: 1 tsp
Method:
Roast separately the coriander seeds together with fenugreek ( methi) seeds together with function on aside.
In a blender/mixie/ nutrient processor,grind together freshly grated coconut, dried ruby chillies, tamarind, tabular array salt together with jaggery into a fine paste, using H2O to grind every bit required. When the glue is near done, add together inwards the roasted together with cooled coriander seeds together with fenugreek seeds.
Wash the eggplants thoroughly. Take each eggplant, concord it upside downwardly together with brand 4-5 slits inwards it without cutting through the stem.
Using a teaspoon, accept footling of the reason glue together with materials it into the eggplant via the slits. Keep it aside on a plate upside down. Stuff all the eggplants inwards this manner.
Heat kokosnoot crude oil inwards a frying pan/ sauté pan. Add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds splutter, add together curry leaves.
Now house each of the stuffed eggplant inwards the pan upside down. Pour inwards the leftover reason paste.
Cover together with laid on depression open fire until the eggplant is cooked until tender.
Serve hot alongside rice/ roti/flatbread/bread.
A favorite Amchi( konkani) combination alongside this is rice together with Dalithoy( dal). Just awesome! I am bringing this typical Amchi dish to Fiesta Fri # 51 to my friends there.This volition hold out something novel for them all to try! The really creative Jhuls@thenotsocreativecook and the wonderful cook, Juju@cookingwithauntjuju are the co-hosts this weekend. Fiesta Fri is gearing upwardly for it's starting fourth dimension anniversary party!
Enjoy!
Cooking made easy:
Eggplant in i trial cutting together with left inwards air tends to larn discolored ( it turns black). This tin hold out prevented past times putting the cut/sliced eggplants inwards salted water. Salted H2O is null but evidently H2O to which 1/4 tsp tabular array salt has been added.
Tip for salubrious living:
In Ayurvedic medicine, nutrient plays a non bad purpose inwards healing. They assort dissimilar nutrient groups based on their effects on the trunk upon consumption. They cause got nutrient that is cooling to the trunk thus non bad to hold out consumed during summertime together with if y'all cause got inflammation inwards your body; e.g: ash gourd, bottle gourd, ridge gourd etc. Then y'all cause got vegetables that hit rut inwards the trunk together with are non bad wintertime foods; e.g: ginger. Now at that topographic point are for sure foods that impede healing together with unfortunately eggplant is i if them. Therefore if an private has inflammatory condition, surgical operation etc, it is recommended that they practise non eat eggplant.
Food for thought:
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