Bagara Baigan

BagaraBaigan– From the kitchen of Mumtaz Pasha

Serves 6 people

Ingredients

½ kg small Baigan

¼ kg oil

2 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp turmeric powder / haldi

2 tsp Chilly powder

Salt to taste

10 green chillies

1 bunch of Coriander leaves

50 gms of tamarind soaked in 1 cup of water

Lightly roast and grind:

2 tsp of coriander powder / dhania

1 tsp jeera

1 tbsp sesame / til

1 tbsp groundnuts

¼ dry coconut

2 large onions

For Seasoning:

3 sprigs curry leaves

½ tsp cumin seeds / jeera

¼ tsp fenugreek / methi seeds

½ tsp nigella /Kalonji

¼ tsp mustard seeds / rai

Method

Clean the brinjal and slit ¾ ways in 4.

Mix the chilly powder, ginger garlic, haldi, salt to the ground masala.

Fill a little of it into each brinjal. Mix the rest of the masala to it.

In a vessel, pour the oil and seasoning, when dark brown add the brinjal with masala, cut coriander, slit chillies and tamarind water.

Cover and cook on slow fire for 20 minutes till oil floats on top.