This dish has various versions. Popular known as North Karnataka dish and it is famous combo for Jolada Rotti .
Prep Time : 10 Mins
Cook Time : 15 Mins
Ingredients
- Brinjal / Eggplant / Badanekayi - small size 6-8
- Curry leaves - few
- Oil - 4 tbsp
Ingredients for Masala paste
- Sesame seeds / Biliyellu - 1/2 tsp
- Corinader seeds / Kothambribeja - 1 tsp
- Red chillies / Kempu Mensinakayi - 4-5 (Byadagi)
- Roasted peanuts / Kadalekayi beja - 1 tbsp
- Coconut / Thenginakyi - 1/4 cup
- Garlic pod - 1
- Tamarind juice - 1/2 tsp or tamarind juice - 2 tsp
- Jaggery - 1/2 tsp grated or small piece
- Onion - 2 tbsp chopped
Method for paste
- In a pan roast the sesame seeds transfer into plate
- Then roast red chillies
- Roast coriander seeds
- Roast peanuts or use store bought salted roasted peanuts
- Roast separately each ingredients
- In grinder or mixer add all roasted ingredients , add coconut, onion, garlic, jaggery, tamarind and add little water and make a smooth paste
- Wash and 4 slits on the eggplant/brinjal lengthwise
- Stuff the masala into eggplant/brinjal. Keep the remaing masala for later use
- Keep the stuffed masala inthe pressure cooker wait for 1 whistle and turn off the gas and wait for cool down.
- Take a large pan add oil and add mustard seeds allow them to splutter , add asafoetida, curry leaves
- Then add stuffed eggplant slowly stir fry then add reaming masala and add little water bring to boil for few mins then add salt saute well
- Serve hot with jolada rotti
