Monday, 12 April 2010

Brinjal curry with groundnut milk

Preparation time-25mins
Serves-4
Ingredients:
6 medium brinjal
1 cup groundnuts
2 medium onions
4 pods garlic(crushed)
1 sp urad dal
1 sp mustard seeds
2 sps whole jeera
8 green chillies
4 dry red chillies
8 fresh curry leaves
1 cup chopped coriander
1 and half sp salt
1 sp dhaniya powder
1 sp red chilly powder
1/2 cup sunflower oil
Method:
  1. Soak ground nuts in water for 10mins and grind them into a paste.Add 1/2 cup water to the paste and keep it aside.It forms into a milky consistency.
  2. Meanwhile heat a deep sauce pan and add oil to it.When hot,prepare tempering with urad dal,mustard seeds,jeera,green chillies,red chillies,garlic,curry leaves frying for a minute.
  3. Chop each onion into 8 pieces and add them to the sauce pan.Fry them till transparent.
  4. Add dhaniya powder,salt and chilly powder.Mix well.
  5. Slit each brinjal into 4 divisions attached to the stalk.As we do for stuffing.Add brinjal now to the pan along with the stalk.
  6. Toss them for 5mins on low heat.
  7. Now add groundnut milk to the pan mix it slowly as it blends with the brinjal and onions.
  8. Close the lid and allow it to cook for 5mins on low heat.
  9. Check the brinjal to be soft and cooked.Adjust the taste now if any salt/chilly powder needed.
  10. Add fine chopped coriander.Serve hot with roti or steaming plain rice.
  11. Its a simple and great serving!
  12. A small tip from me with experience,it tastes better when you prepare it in the morning and have it for dinner:)

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