Badanekayi Masala (Egg Plant Masala)

Ingredients for Badanekayi Masala (Egg Plant Masala):

1. Coconut scrapped – 1 cup

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Coriander powder – 2 small spoons

    Turmeric powder – 1/2 small spoon

    Coriander chopped fine – As required

2. Brinjal – ½ kg

3. Cooking oil – As required

4. Salt – As needed

    Water – ½ cup

    Tamarind – As per preference, soak in water and extract the juice

5. Mustard – 1 small spoon

    Curry leaves – As needed

How to prepare Badanekayi Masala (Egg Plant Masala)?

1. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 1.

2. Wash brinjal and split into four without removing the stalk.

3. Keep aside 1/4^th of grinded masala and use the remaining part to fill inside the brinjals.

4. Heat oil in a pan and sauté till brinjals are half-cooked.

5. Add the remaining masala along with ingredients no: 4 and boil the contents.

6. Heat oil in another pan and sputter mustard seeds.

7. Also fry curry leaves and add to Badanakaay Masala.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine December 15-31, 2018

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