Bhagaray Baingan | Brinjal Curry | Stuffed Eggplants | Khatte Baingan

eggplant

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: bell pepper

Zucchini provides a similar texture while being lower in calories.

fresh coriander

🥗Healthier: parsley

💰Cheaper: dried herbs

Parsley offers a fresh taste at a lower cost.

Toast all your spices and onions. Blend with water to make a paste. Add salt, chilli powder and turmeric to it as well.

Slit eggplants in the middle and spoon in the masala paste in each one of them.

Heat oil in pan and add the one teaspoon cumin seeds and bay leaf.

Then immediately place stuffed eggplants in pan. Fry from both sides till golden.

Add the remaining masala paste to the pan, cover and cook on low till the eggplants are cooked through and the masala has oil coming from it.

Add tamarind paste to the pan, and cook with eggplants for five minutes.

Transfer to serving platter and garnish with chopped coriander.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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