Stuffed brinjal is generally a dish where masala is stuffed in the brinjals (egg plant) and then cooked.If you are not a lover of brinjals this is a dish which you can try for.

INGREDIENTS :

• 3-4 Brinjals (egg plant)
• 2 small fried onions
• 1/4 cup fried sliced coconut
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 6-7 garlic cloves
• 1 tspoon til (sesame seeds)
• 1 tspoon garam masala
• 1 tspoon coriander powder
• 1 tspoon red chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbspoon vegetable oil
• Coriander for garnishing.

METHOD :

• Heat the pan and fry the sliced onions to brown colour,fry sliced coconut and til (sesame seeds).

• First grind the fried onions,garlic cloves,ginger together.

• Now to it add fried coconut,garam masala, chilli powder, coriander powder and salt and grind the mixture.(Do not add water to the paste.)
• Slit the brinjals vertically into four parts keeping the bottoms intact.
• Now sprinkle coriander leaves on the stuffing masala.
• Fill the grinded stuffing into the brinjals tightly.

• Heat the pan and warm the oil.
• Add stuffed brinjals to the oil.
• Saute it properly and cover with lid to next 5 minutes.
• Now add little water to the pan so as to cook the brinjals.(Add a little water only ,so that brinjals get cooked properly.)
• Cook till the brinjals gets tenderly cooked.

• Your stuffed brinjal is ready.
• Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with Chapati or Bhakri…..