Stuffed Baingan Masala

Stuffed Baingan Masala

Ingredients:
Small brinjals  – 6 pieces
Onion – 2-3 medium sized finely chopped
Green chilli – 4-5 finely chopped
Ground nut – 100 grams
Green Coriander – 2 tsp finely chopped
Coriander powder – ½  tsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Cooking oil – 1 Tbsp

Preparation:
1) Make two perpendicular slits in the brinjals till 3/4^th of the length and keep aside. Take care that you don’t end up slitting it till end.
2) Roast the ground nut and grind them coarsely.
3) Now add to the ground nut powder all other masalas(coriander powder, chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder), chopped onions, chopped green chillis and chopped coriander.
4) Mix them properly using your hand until they become moist. You can also sprinkle a bit water to make it little moist. If you want to make it little sweet you can add a little jaggery in it but I prefer it spicy, so no jaggery in my recipe. You can also squeeze half a lemon in it.
5) Now stuff the brinjals with the masala that we have just prepared. Keep some masala extra for the gravy.
6) In a non stick kadai add oil and allow it to heat up.
7) Once the oil is hot, put the extra masalas and fry it for 3-4 minutes.
8) Now add the stuffed brinjals in the half cooked masala and keep cooking it in medium flame, covered. Turn the brinjals every 5 minutes. Make sure you do it gently so that the stuffing don’t come out.
9) Once the brinjals are little cooked, put 1 cup of water in it and cover it up and keep cooking until brinjals are fully cooked and tender.

Serve the spicy stuffed baingan masala with hot chapattis. As a rice lover I love to eat this with plain rice as well.