Eggplants Masala
- 24
- September
- 2009
Stuffed Eggplants Masala:
Stuffed Brinjal Masala. Baingan Subzi.
Whenever I talk about egg-plants(brinjal), I really long for that ‘spiny wild variety’. Yeah…pretty much still resembling the old world species. Anyway, ancient eggplants were all white in color, though! Constant selection and breeding made them to appear in different colors now.
Hmmm, eggplants are one of the oldest vegetable that our ancestor’s domesticated. Well…people generally think, only animals are domesticated! But truly ancient Indians did research(observe) and carefully selected pure cell lines, to produce less bitter vegetables. Why to go into ploidy and multiple genes kind of stuff here….
Thanks to modern science as well, now we could enjoy this vegetable through out the year, which is also large, colorful, seedless, resistant…what not.
Ingredients:
Small Eggplants 6-8
Onion 1 grated
Ginger-garlic paste 1 teaspoon
Tomato 1 crushed
Dry coconut 1/4 cup
Dry red chilies 1 fistful
Salt
Turmeric 1/2 spoon
Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/4 spoon
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Curry leaves few
Sesame oil 1/4 cup.
Method:
Wet-toast coconut, till fragrant. Dry toast chilies. Now blend them together, set aside.
In a wide wok, heat oil. Add all the tempering spices…followed by onion and ginger-garlic paste.
Now fry real good, till fragrant…add salt, turmeric and toasted powder. Also add tomatoes now.
Stir-fry for couple of minutes, then add slitted eggplants. Cover and cook, till tender.
Serve warm to go with you plain steamed rice or chappathi.
My mom is currently visiting and she really, I mean, really loves eggplants
if we use to get the small variety like the ones you have here, I’d make this dish for her.
Wow my kind of side dish with curd rice ..yummy tasty looking masala
Lovely brinjal masala.. Delicious dear!!
Love your curry and the pic!Looks Yummy!
looks very tempting…sounds easy also
i dont prefer eggplants but looking at urs i just feel like having it as its looking really good and spicy malar….
ரொம்ப ரொம்ப நல்ல ரெசிப்பி மலர்..எனக்கும் இது ரொம்ப பிடிக்கும் நான் லேசாக புளி சாறு சேர்ப்பேன்..
wonderful recipe malar…
அன்புடன்,
அம்மு.
Simple and mouth watering..The color of spices have come out really well..
Lovly eggplants..looks spicy ..
I use the same masala for stuffing for stuffed brinjal (bharli vangi) ! It too tastes superb !
Oh, I love egg plant. We used to cook with sambal chilli. Yours look good too.
Wow…love this spicy and aromatic version of stuffed eggplant….
I love eggplants! Those ones are so tiny and cute. The way you cooked them is fantastic.
Wow!! Malar!!! It looks awesome…
M also a brinjal fan….but seldom we get such good ones.
Sounds n looks good….also loved de extra gyaan.
Cheers
Eggplants make me drooling:) Nice recipe dear.
I love all your eggplants dishes Malar…this one also looks so delicious and tempting
Wow malar reall tempting treat the color of the dish making me mouthwatering and brinjal too looks so cute…
Wow Malar, it looks awesome and tempting too.
Wow, that looks mouthwatering!
Wow!! looks so delicious Malar..
Looks so good, but then egg plant is not eaten at home ( allergy) and should try this with capsicum perhaps?