Stuffed Long Brinjals

Serves : 2

Ingredients :-

Long brinjals : 2

Garlic pods :3

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Oil : 2 tbspns

Salt : 1/2tspn

Ingredients for stuffing :-

Urad dal : 6tspns

Chana dal / bengal gram : 6 tspns

coriander seeds : 3 tspns

Dry red chillies : 10

Garlic pods : 2

Dry coconut powder : 2 tbspns

Salt : 1 tspn

Preparation :-

• Take 2 long brinjals , wash them and dry them. If u are using indian long brinjals u need atleast 10 brinjals.
• Heat a frying pan and add 2 tspns oil and when hot add urad dal , chana dal and dry red chillies and fry till they turn golden colour. Then add coriander seeds , chopped garlic pods and fry for 2 mins and switch off stove and immediately add dry coconut and fry it when the pan is still hot. Let them cool.
• Grind to a fine powder by adding 1 tspn salt.
• Now cut brinjals into 3 inch size pieces horizontally and put 2 cross slits on them. Put the slits til half the length. Put them in salted water.
• Now take a bowl and take 1/2 of the grinded powder to this add 2 tspns oil and mix it . Adding oil in powder makes easy to stuff and it enables to cook inside. Stuff this powder in brinjals.
• Put them in a microwave safe bowl like pyrex and add 1tspn oil and gently mix them .
• Microwave them for 8 minutes . 4 minutes on one side then take out bowl and turn brinjals to other side and microwave for 4 mins . Take the bowl once it is done.
• Heat a pan add 1 tbspn oil and add 3 crushed garlic pods and curry leaves and immediately add microwaved brinjals and add 1/2 tspn salt and mix them good . Fry them till they are done. Be careful while stirring them they will be very sensitive since they are already cooked.
• Serve them with hot rice and ghee . Goes good as a side dish for sambhar and dal curries . I even love it with curd rice.

Note :- U can preserve the remaining powder in a airtight container and store it in refrigerator. You can use this same powder to make various frys . Just wait i will show them in upcoming posts.