Baigan Mirch Ka Salan
INGREDIENTS :
SMALL BABY EGG PLANT 600 GM
CAPSICUM 200 GM
GREEN CHILLIY WHOLE 50 GM
OIL FOR FRYING
DESICCATED COCONUT 25 GM
CORIANDER POWDER 10 GM
CUMIN SEED POWDER 5 GM
WHOLE PEPPER CORN 5 GM
RED CHILLI POWDER 5 GM
TURMERIC POWDER 5 GM
ALL SPICE POWDER 5 GM
GINGER 10 GM
GARLIC 10 GM
SESAME SEED 15 GM
CASHEW NUT 25 GM
PEANUT 20 GM
TAMARIND 20 GM
CURD 200 GM
FENUGREEK SEEDS 5 GM
WHOLE MUSTARD 3 GM
WHOLE RED CHILLI 8-10 NO
SALT TO TASTE
PREPARATION :
- Clean and cut capsicum into ½” x 2.5” long juliennes. fry and keep it aside.
- Clean and cut eggplant into four halves.
- Fry eggplant and whole green chillies and keep it aside.
- Roast sesame seed, cashew nut & peanut, whole peppercorns together and make a fine paste .
- Peel and clean ginger & garlic and make a fine paste.
- Soak the tamarind with some water, remove the seed and strain the tamarind pulp .
METHOD :
- Heat vegetable oil in a pan, put whole fenugreek seeds and wait till it start crackling. Add ginger and garlic paste and sauté well.
- Add coriander powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin seed powder, curd and cook well.
- Add paste of sesame seed, peanut, cashew nut and pepper corn to the above masala and sauté properly.
- Add approximately 500ml of water and cook well.
- Add fried eggplant, capsicum and green chilly and tamarind pulp to the above gravy and adjust seasoning.
- Temper whole dry red chilly and whole mustard seed and add to the prepared dish. Serve hot.