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Stuffed Baby Eggplant Curry
Eggplant in Cilantro Gravy
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| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 15 minutes |
| Servings |
3-4 servings
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Ingredients
- 15 eggplants (baby purple)
- 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1/4 cup Water (or as needed)
To grind
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro
- green chilies to taste
- salt to taste
- 1 inch fresh ginger
- 1 inch sized tamarind ball or
1 1/2 tamarind concentrate
Ingredients
To grind
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Instructions
- Grind all the above ingredients mentioned under "grind" using little or no water. Wash the eggplants and make criss cross slits till 3/4th length of eggplants.
- Stuff the ground cilantro paste into the eggplants along the slits. Keep aside. Now put instant pot saute mode high , add oil.
- Once the oil is hot add cumin seeds and mustard seeds , fry well. Turn off saute mode.
- Add the stuffed eggplants in one layer, then add the remaining cilantro paste. Add little water
1/4 cup to1/2 cup . - Mix gently (optional). Put the lid and vent to sealing position.
- Do manual "low pressure" 5 minutes. Quick release after 2 minutes in warm mode.
- The eggplants should be cooked by now. Serve with Rice and ghee.
Recipe Notes
If you feel that eggplants are under cooked, use sauté mode normal for few mins till they are cooked.
For dry curry use sauté mode to evaporate all the water.
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Very good. The texture of the eggplant is perfectly tender.
The sauce looked nothing like the picture. It was more like a paste snd there was very little of it.