Gasala Gutti Vankaya Curry

Ingredients:

• 8 medium sized brinjals
• 2 tbsp Canola cooking oil / Olive oil (or any other you prefer)
• ¼ cup coriander leaves
• For Stuffing:
• 3 tbsp Poppy seeds
• 2 tbsp coriander seeds
• 5 Green chillies
• 2 pods Garlic
• 3 tbsp coconut powder or a 2-inch fresh coconut piece chopped
• Salt to taste

Method:

Bring all the ingredients listed under “For stuffing” into a mixi jar.

Make a fine paste of it adding water as needed. Do not make too loose.

Slit the brinjals into 4 to it’s half. Look down in the picture which clearly shows how the slits should exactly be.

Heat oil in a non-stick pan and while it’s getting heated up, stuff the above stuffing mixture into the brinjals using a spatula.

Place them in the oil once done. Sauté them once and sprinkle little salt over the brinjals. Probably 1 tsp. Sprinkle handful of water on the brinjals and sauté them again. Close the lid and let them cook for about 5-7 min.

Open the lid and sauté the brinjals once and turn them over one by one. Now observe how the bottom part got cooked in the picture below. The other side which you have turned now should turn into the same. So, close the lid again and let them cook for another 5-7 min. Observe if they need some water. If the pan has no moisture at all…, sprinkle a handful of water again.

Open the lid and see, the brinjals should become really soft and tender oozing out the stuffed mixture slightly. That it is when they are perfectly cooked.

Now add some coriander leaves to the remaining mixture if interested, and bring the whole mixture into the pan.

Mix the masala paste along with brinjals and let it cook for 2 mins without the lid.

Turn off the heat and collect the curry into serving bowl and enjoy it with Plain rice/Biryani/Roti.. what not!!