Bagare Baigan

Ingredients:

1.    Brinjal- 250 gm
2.     Sesame- 50 gm
3.     Dry Coconut- 50 gm
4.     Groundnut- 50 gm
5.     Dhanya powder- ½ tsp
6.    Zeera powder- ½ tsp 

7.     Shazira powder- ½ tsp

8.    Elaichi powder- ½ tsp 
9.     Turmeric – ¼ tsp
10.   Salt- 1 ½ tsp
11.   Red chilli powder – ¾  tsp
12.   Onion – 1
13.   Green chilli – 10
14.   Garlic ginger paste- 2 tsp
15.   Coriander- 2
16.   Curry leaves- 1
17.   Imli- 50gm
18.   Oil -100 gm

Ingredients For Bagar:

1.     Zeera- 1 tsp

2.     Rai- ½ tsp

3.     Kalonji – ¼ tsp

4.     Methi dana – ¼ tsp

Method:

• In a pan roast sesame, dry coconut and groundnut one by one.
• Make slits in brinjal and fill less than ¼ tsp salt in each. And keep aside.
• Now in  a pan heat oil and fry onion and green chillies before onion turns brown take it out and keep aside.
• In the same oil fry brinjal until it turns brown. Take it off the oil and keep aside.
• In the same oil fry zeera when this turns slight brown add rai, kalonji and methi and turn off the flame after frying this.
• Now grind  the fried onion, green chillies which was kept aside. Also grind sesame, dry coconut,  and groundnut.
• In a bowl take all these grinded items and add dhanya powder, zeera powder, shazira powder, ealaichi powder and imly paste. Mix these together.
• In the bagar oil fry garlic ginger paste till this turns light brown then set the lowest flame and fry turmeric, salt and red chili. Then, to this add the grinded mixture. Add ½ ltr water , coriander, curry leaves and the fried brinjal which was kept aside. Boil this for 5 mins. And leave it on lowest flame for  20 mins keeping the lid of ½ inch uncovered.
• Bagare baigan is ready.