BRINJALS IN PEANUT SAUCE (for biriyani)

We normally cook this as side dish for biryani, when we have guests for dinner or lunch. Thanks. Kugan98


BRINJALS IN PEANUT SAUCE


Ingredient:
8 small brinjals or you could cut the long brinjal into strips
4 green chillies slit them length wise
1 tsp pepper corns
1 tsp mustard seeds
A lime sized tamarind ball extract thick juice
4 tbs oil or ghee
Salt to taste
Water about a cup

Paste:
2 tbs groundnuts roasted
1 tsp kas kas roasted
1 tsp sesame seeds roasted
1 tsp fenugreek seeds roasted
1 tsp cumin seeds roasted
10 small onions sliced
2 big tomatoes chopped fine
5 garlic pips sliced
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp tumeric powder
1 tbs chillie powder

Method:
Using very little water grind all the paste items.
Slit brinjals till length so that the stalk is intact. Apply little salt.
Deep fry these brinjals 3/4 cooked in oil and keep aside.
In a wok heat the oil, add the peppercorns and mustard seeds.
Then add the green chillies, saute them well.
Now add the ground paste and stir well.
Add little water and let the paste cook well.
Add the thick tamarind juice and the fried brinjals.
Cook till the gravy becomes thick
The oil will float on the top, taste for salt.
. Off the fire.
Remove and serve. It goes well with biryani or ghee rice.