Eggplant Curry Recipe

Brinjal Curry for Biryani

 

Ingredients

Peanuts - 2 Tbsp

Sesame Seeds - 1 Tbsp

Poppy Seeds - 1 Tsp (Buy )

Dry Coconut - 2 Tbsp

Brinjal - 10 Nos

Gingelly Oil (Buy )

Onion - 3 Nos Finely Chopped

Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp (Buy )

Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp (Buy)

Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 Tsp (Buy)

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp (Buy)

Chilli Powder - 2 Tsp (Buy)

Coriander Powder - 1 Tsp (Buy)

Salt

Tamarind Puree - 1/4 Cup

Curry Leaves

Chopped Green Chilli

Chopped Coriander Leaves

Method:

1. Roast peanuts, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dry coconut separately in a pan and keep them aside.

2. Once the ingredients are fully cooled down, add them to a mixer jar, add some water and grind them into a fine paste. Keep this paste aside.

3. Pour oil in a pan and gently drop the double-cross slit brinjals into it.

4. Keep flipping them in between and fry the brinjals until they are no more raw and slightly change in colour. Remove them from the pan.

5. To the same pan, add the chopped onions and saute until they are golden brown in colour. Keep them aside.

6. Cool the onions completely and transfer them into a mixer jar. Add some water and grind everything to a nice paste. Keep it aside.

7. Take gingelly oil in a wide pan and heat it. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.

8. Once the mustard seeds start splattering, add ginger garlic paste and mix it.

9. Add the ground onion paste to the same pan. Give it a quick mix.

10. Then add in the ground coconut paste. Mix well and cook until the paste is browned.

11. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and mix well.

12. After the oil separates from gravy, add in the tamarind puree, mix and cook.

13. Add in the fresh curry leaves, mix again and add enough water to the pan.

14. Gently drop in the fried brinjals. Cover the pan with a lid and cook the curry for 15 mins on a medium flame.

15. After 15 mins, add in the chopped green chillies and coriander leaves.

16. Yummy Bagara Baingan is ready to be served hot with some nice Biryani or plain rice.

Hey guys!

Brinjal is a vegetable that most of us have easy access to. There are a lot of recipes you can make with them but to me, the first dish that always comes to my mind whenever I think of brinjals is Bagara Baingan. This one is a Hyderabadi delicacy and I tell you that it's damn tasty and irresistible. You gotta make this curry with round shaped tender purple brinjals for the best possible taste. You can have this curry with some hot rice or even simple phulkas. Do try this yummy recipe and enjoy!