Hyderabadi bagare baingan

Hello my readers,
   Bagare Baingan is a very famous hyderabadi side dish.Almost every hyderabadi mother knows it how to cook the dish.It is usually served with biryani.However it also tastes best with just roti.The gravy is made from onions, peanuts, dessicated coconut, sesame,cumin seeds and corainder seeds.The recipe is simple and delicious.

INGREDIENTS:

6 purple baby brinjals
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp garlic ginger paste
5 green chillies
bunch of coarinder leaves
few curry leaves
2 tbsp grated coconut
2 tbsp white sesame seeds
2 tbsp peanuts
1 onion, finely chopped
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp tamarind paste

METHOD:

1. Wash the bringals and cut them in criss cross manner from bottom.
2. Fry the baby bringals in a pan until they become soft. Drain and set aside. In the same oil, fry the onions.
3. Next roast the spices(sesame seeds,peanuts,cumin seeds,corainder seeds,grated coconut) until they all become light brown in color.
4. Next grind all the spices together with the fried onions, 2 tomatos, bunch of corainder leaves,2-3 green chillies and few curry leaves.
5. Extract the tamarind paste in 1 cup warm water.
6. Next heat the oil in a pan then add the cumin seeds,ginger and garlic paste, corainder leaves,2 green chillies,ground paste,salt,turmric powder,red chilli powder and mix it very well.
7. Add some water to make it a gravy consistency and bring it to boil.
8. Then add the fried baby bringals and cook them.Check whether they are cooked or not by inserting a knife in the eggplant, if it cuts easily without any effort then it is cooked.
9. Now add the tamarind water and cook for about next 5-10 minutes.Garnish with fresh coriander leaves before serving.