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Bengali aubergine in yoghurt Recipe
    | Prep Time | 30 minutes | 
| Cook Time | 30 minutes | 
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    Ingredients
    
                - 400 g small Japanese-style aubergines thinly sliced into rounds
 - pinch goodground turmeric
 - Salt to taste
 - ½ tsp red chilli powder
 - 2 tbsp vegetable oil
 - 250 ml flplain yoghurt
 - ½ tsp sugar
 - 1 tsp roundedcumin seeds toasted in a frying pan and ground in a clean coffee grinder or pestle and mortar
 - Handful fresh coriander leaves chopped, to garnish
 
            
 
 
 
        
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    Instructions
    
                - Dust the aubergine slices with the turmeric, salt and half the red chilli powder.
 - Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan and fry the aubergine pieces until soft (you may have to do this in two batches). Set aside.
 - In a bowl, beat 200ml/7fl oz of the yoghurt with the sugar, salt and the remaining red chilli powder. Pour into a small saucepan and heat gently, stirring often to stop it from splitting, for about five minutes.
 - Stir in the ground cumin and the aubergine slices. Heat gently and stir to combine.
 - Stir in the remaining yoghurt, check the seasoning and serve garnished with the fresh coriander.
 
