Bhagary Baingan

Recipe Ingredients

• Eggplant ½ kg
•  For stuffing:
•  Coriander 2 tbsp
•  Poppy seeds 1 tbsp
•  Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
•  Cumin 1 tbsp
•  Peanuts 10
•  Green chilies 4
•  Coconut 1 small piece
•  Onions 4
•  Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
•  Turmeric 1 tsp
•  Nigella seeds 1 tsp
•  Curry leaves few
•  Green chilies 4
•  Tamarind water 1 cup
•  For Bigar:
•  Cumin 1 tsp
•  Red chilies 6-8
•  Fenugreek seeds 6-7
•  Curry leaves few
•  Oil 1 ½ cup

Recipe Method

Wash and soak ½ kg eggplant and soak them in cold water. For stuffing , take 2 tbsp coriander seeds, 1 tbsp poppy seeds, sesame seeds, cumin, peanuts, 4 green chilies, coconut and onion. Cook it and grind. Cut the eggplant from the top and cut them from the middle. Add in a pinch of salt in each eggplant and fill in the paste. Take some oil in the pan, add in 1 ½ cup oil and 1 tsp cumin, 6-8 whole red chilies, 6-7 fenugreek seeds and few curry leaves. Fry them. Fry onion in it till it is golden brown add in 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste and some water .Cook it for some time. Add in eggplant, salt and water. In a pan, add in tamarind water, curry leaves and remaining stuffing. Cook it on a low flame till oil separates. Serve them with boiled rice.