Stuffed Baingan

Any stuffed vegetable is always welcome with all of us and more so with baingan. These can be purple ones or the variegated. The lighter in weight  are the tender lot and taste better.  When buying the brinjals check if there are any holes which are an indication for worms inside and can be avoided. Also they should be of same size so that they are uniformly cooked.

Ingredients:

500g brinjals, 2tbsp ground nuts, 2tbsp chana dal (Bengal gram) 2tsp urad dal (black gram), 1tsp coriander seeds, ¼ tsp methi (fenugreek seeds), ½ tsp jeera, ¼ tsp mustard seeds, 5 red chillis, 4 tsp oil and salt to taste.

Preparation:

1. In a pan put 1 tsp oil and add all the dry ingredients leaving salt and brinjals. 
2. Fry till golden brown and let it cool. 
3. Wash the brinjals, cut off green part and slit each one into four without fully separating the pieces. 
4. Now grind the dry masala into a coarse powder and stuff the same into the slit brinjals. 
5. Heat the remaining oil in a pan and place all the stuffed brinjals. 
6. Under medium flame keep tossing and checking so that all of them are evenly fried and soft.

Serve hot with rice or roti.

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