Kitchen Tantra

Stuffed Egg-Plants:

Stuffed Brinjals. Stuffed Baingan.

Ingredients:

Italian mini eggplants 6-8
Black sesame seeds 2-4 spoons
Green chili paste 1 spoon
Onion paste 1-2 spoons
Ginger paste 1 spoon
Garlic paste 1 spoon
Tomato puree 2-4 spoons
Black pepper powder 1/2 spoon
Chili powder 1/2 spoon
Turmeric powder 1 pinch
Sesame oil few spoons.

Method:

Slightly toast the sesame seeds. Now wet-grind it along with other mentioned ingredients.(except, egg-plant and oil)

Now heat oil, in a skillet. Stir-fry this ground paste for few minutes. Maybe tillt he raw odour leaves. Set aside.

Now make a slit in the egg-plants as shown in the picture. Now stuff the above paste in the slit. Stuff all the paste in the remaining egg-plants.

Now bake this stuffed egg-plants in a preheated oven for an hour under 350 degrees. Spray oil before baking!

(or)

Heat a wide, heavy bottomed skillet. Add oil to it. Place these stuffed egg-plants without touching each other. Now fry then till they are done. Care should be taken while pan-frying.

Serve warm as a side dish for chappathis or rotis.

Labels: Brinjal/ Egg-Plant