Monday, November 15, 2010

Baked Stuffed Eggplant



Ingredients:
  • 1 Big Eggplant
  • 1-2tsp Tamarind Paste
  • 2-3  Onion Chopped
  • 1 Tbsp Ginger & Garlic paste
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp Red chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 2-3 Oil + some more
  • Jaggery as per taste
  • Salt as per taste.
Tempering:
Oil, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves & cumin seeds.

Method: 
 Cut the eggplant into half and scoop out the pulp. Apply oil on the cut eggplant.  Place these eggplant up side down and bake  for 10 15 minutes. or till you see brown color. (they will be tender too).Once they are done let them sit for awhile.

Heat the pan with oil, add cumin seeds and let then splutter. Add onion and fry till they turn light brown. Add tamarind paste , red chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder. salt, jaggery and fry for few minutes.

Let it cool for some minutes and blend this into paste.(not to much watery paste)
Heat the pan add little oil and fry these eggplant pulp and above made paste. Cook till the paste is thick. Add cinnamon powder and mix everything well.
Stuff this paste into eggplant. Bake these stuffed eggplant for 10 minutes @ 350F.

Heat the pan with oil, add tempering ingredients and pour this on stuffed eggplant before serving.


Serve with Chapti/ Rice.

26 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey,

Looks lovely...:)

Dr.Sameena@

http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

Hari Chandana P said...

Wowww.. looks spicy and tangy.. Perfect presentation :)

Nithya said...

Sounds pretty interesting. Thought the steps seems to be long, I guess its worth doing :)

Sarah Naveen said...

nice click...looks so mouthwatering dear..

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

Love anything with brinjals. This looks indeed awesome

Hamaree Rasoi said...

The Stuffed Brinjal looks simply perfect. I could eat both of them.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Swathi said...

Joyti,

Suffed eggplant looks delicious. I love anything with eggplant.

Anonymous said...

What perfect and yum looking eggplant.Tamarind with baingan is always good!

Veggie Hut said...

Lovely Presentation!Very tempting!

Unknown said...

Looks yummy!...it would be delish with hot rice!

Sushma Mallya said...

looks lovely and nice presentation:)

Priya Suresh said...

Woww wat a droolworthy stuffed eggplant..thanks for sharing..

Suja Manoj said...

Drooling over those pic..delicious recipe.

Unknown said...

This looks fantastic..I have bookmarked it to try!

Madhavi said...

Wow mouth-drooling!!

Hayley said...

wow..eggplants looks so tasty !!

Panchpakwan said...

Thank you all for lovely comments...
Glad to know that you all liked it.

@ Nithya, Its lengthy steps but worth trying..
@ Sinfullyspicy, I too like the tamarind and brinjal combo...
@ Yummy team, Do try and let me know..

Joyti said...

That looks amazing...I bet its full of flavor too.

Unknown said...

wow, very interesting and new recipe. Sounds mouth watering.

Rachana said...

I could eat that all by myself...looks so mouthwatering :-)

Nandinis food said...

The eggplants really make a good snack! How tempting they look!

aipi said...

Wow..I love anything with eggplants..this one looks super good!

US Masala

Akila said...

baked and stuffed eggplant.... looks really yummy and spicy... book marked to try dear...

Pushpa said...

Looks so delicious,love eggplants.

Namitha said...

Interesting recipe..got to try your baked version sometimes :-)

Panchpakwan said...

Thank you all for lovely comments..

@ Alika, Gulmohar , do try and let me know ..

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