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Bharleli Vaangi Recipe
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 25 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 12 Small Brinjals baingan / eggplant
For the stuffing
- 1 1/4 cups onions sliced
- 2 tsp coriander seeds dhania
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds jeera
- 6 black peppercorns kalimirch
- 25 mm piece of cinnamon 1", dalchini
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped onions
Other ingredients
- 4 tsp chilli powder
- 2 tbsp tamarind pulp imli
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder haldi
- 1/4 cup roasted and crushed unsalted peanuts
- 3 tsp grated jaggery gur
- 1 tbsp Oil
- salt to taste
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Instructions
For the brinjals
- Wash and dry the brinjals.
- Slit each brinjal, once through and then again at a right angle to make 4 equal parts without separating them from the stem. Retain a small part of the stem.
- Soak the brinjals in a bowl of salted water for 10 to 15 minutes. Then pat them dry and keep aside.
For the stuffing
- Dry roast all the ingredients over a slow flame and grind to a paste with ¼ cup of water.
How to proceed
- Mix together the onions, red chilli powder, tamarind pulp, turmeric powder, crushed peanuts, jaggery, salt and the ground paste.
- Stuff this mixture in the brinjals and keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a pan and place the stuffed brinjals one by one. Add ¼ cup of water, cover and cook over a slow flame till the brinjals are tender.
- Serve hot.