A try at Reverse Engineering a recipe! and a bit of an experiment too...did not know the name of this dish...and thus, named it - "Eggplant Delight"
Some time back, i was invited over for dinner where i had a certain dish of eggplant which was mouth watering and simply amazing. When i enquired about how this certain dish was prepared, i was told its very simple! just use sesame and besan (chickpea flour). Rest was left to my imagination. (Sigh!)
After a long time, with no recipe in hand but just a wild idea about the main ingredients, i decided to go ahead, experiment, and cook. Well, honestly, the taste is no where close to what i had...But its certainly much different and a recipe in itself now. I'd like to pen it down..
Ingredients:
Roast the Sesame seeds in a pan and mix it with the besan. In the meanwhile, heat the 1.5 tbsp of oil and add the onion paste. Let the onions fry in the oil. Later add the ginger garlic paste. Leave the two to fry for 2-3 mins. Add in the red chili powder, turmeric powder, and cumin powder. Mix them well. Now add in the sesame seeds and besan. Mix all of them and let it cook a while. Add a pinch of salt as well. Cover with a lid and occasionally do keep mixing the gravy. This will take approximately 7 mins to cook and be ready.
Remove the gravy from the pan and keep aside.
Now, heat the remaining oil in the pan and add the eggplant and 1 tsp of salt. Cover it with a lid. Let the eggplant soften up. Once it has softened up, add the sesame-besan gravy. Mix it well and leave to cook. Add salt to taste and do stir occasionally. In about 8-10 mins the vegetable is ready. Now add the garam masala and mix well. Leave to cook for another 2 mins and the dish is ready (in good 20 minutes)!
Garnish with coriander.
Some time back, i was invited over for dinner where i had a certain dish of eggplant which was mouth watering and simply amazing. When i enquired about how this certain dish was prepared, i was told its very simple! just use sesame and besan (chickpea flour). Rest was left to my imagination. (Sigh!)
After a long time, with no recipe in hand but just a wild idea about the main ingredients, i decided to go ahead, experiment, and cook. Well, honestly, the taste is no where close to what i had...But its certainly much different and a recipe in itself now. I'd like to pen it down..
Ingredients:
- Eggplant - 3 (cut into pieces)
- Sesame seeds (white)- 1.5 cups
- Chickpea flour (Besan) - 1 cup
- Onion - 1 ( cut and ground into a paste)
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Cumin powder - 1.5 tsp
- Red chili powder- 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander Leaves (for garnishing)
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 3 Tbsp
Roast the Sesame seeds in a pan and mix it with the besan. In the meanwhile, heat the 1.5 tbsp of oil and add the onion paste. Let the onions fry in the oil. Later add the ginger garlic paste. Leave the two to fry for 2-3 mins. Add in the red chili powder, turmeric powder, and cumin powder. Mix them well. Now add in the sesame seeds and besan. Mix all of them and let it cook a while. Add a pinch of salt as well. Cover with a lid and occasionally do keep mixing the gravy. This will take approximately 7 mins to cook and be ready.
Remove the gravy from the pan and keep aside.
Now, heat the remaining oil in the pan and add the eggplant and 1 tsp of salt. Cover it with a lid. Let the eggplant soften up. Once it has softened up, add the sesame-besan gravy. Mix it well and leave to cook. Add salt to taste and do stir occasionally. In about 8-10 mins the vegetable is ready. Now add the garam masala and mix well. Leave to cook for another 2 mins and the dish is ready (in good 20 minutes)!
Garnish with coriander.
P.S: Serve with hot plain parathas.
Njoi Ur Meal!:)
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