Deepsrecipes- food blog from Dubai

Another eggplant curry for Chapati/rice. Eggplant curry is a delicious side dish for chapati/Roti. I used this Madras curry powder (1 tbsp) to get the real t amil restaurant flavor. Indian  cuisine uses a plethora of spices.Let us check out the ingredients for this quick curry. Use Eggs if you don't like eggplant;yes,you can prepare a mouth watering egg curry using the same recipe. What do we need ? Eggplant- 4-5 nos (I used whole eggplant;make 2 slits with out breaking the eggplant as in the picture.This helps it to absorb the gravy ) Oil- 1-2 tsp Cumin seeds- 1 tsp Chilly powder- 2-3 tsp (Mother's recipe)Madras Curry Powder- 2 tsp(use a mixture of  Fenugreek powder+Asafoetida,coriander powder if you can't find this ready made.) Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Tamarind puree-1tbsp                                                 ...

Baingan Ka Bharta is a very simple North Indian eggplant dish eaten with rice or Indian breads. Ingredients for the curry Eggplants- 3 nos Ginger-one very small piece Garlic –3 cloves Crushed garam masala-(Clove-2, Cardamom-2, cinnamon -2*1” piece) Onion – 1 small size Tomatoes- 2 Greenchilli-2 Chilli powder-1-1/2 tsp Turmeric -1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Lemon juice-1 tsp Preparation Drizzle some olive oil/canola oil on the eggplants. Keep them in microwave high temperature for 4 minute. Cool and peel the skin. Mash them to a fine paste. Now in a sauce pan, add 1 tabsp olive oil. Add crushed (Clove-2, Cardamom-2, cinnamon -2*1” piece) spices, ginger and garlic paste and fry well. Add onion finely chopped. Add tomatoes, green chillies, turmeric powder, and chilli powder. Fry for 2 minutes .Add mashed eggplant and salt. This is the time you have to be really careful. Stir the mix and wait until the oil separates from it. Now put a ts...