Bharleli Vangi (Stuffed Brinjal Curry) has been one of my favorite preparation of brinjal apart from Vaingyache Bhart (Grilled Mashed Brinjal Goan style).
As I
have mentioned in my earlier posts about our childhood trips to Pandharpur, in
Maharashtra, influenced by the food we tasted my mom would prepare Bharleli
Vangi in the Maharashtrian style with peanuts used in it which would not only
enhance the taste of the stuffing but the curry as well, making it amazingly
delicious.
This
dish brings back all those beautiful memories etched deep in my heart. Hence
treasuring this recipe and sharing it with you all is inevitable.
Here is the recipe.
Ingredients
6 baby
Brinjal
1/4th
cup peanuts
1 cup
freshly grated coconut
4-5
garlic clove
1 large
onion
1 small
tomato
½ tsp
turmeric powder
½ tsp
Kashmiri red chilly powder
1/4th
tsp garam masala powder
½ tsp
cumin-coriander powder
2-4
tbsp oil
½ tsp
jaggery
1 ½ cup
water
Salt as
required
Fresh
coriander for garnish
Procedure
Slit the baby brinjal with 2
slits such that its shape is the same without it turning into pieces but the slit can take in some filling.
Thereafter soak these baby
brinjal in warm water adding ½ tsp of salt and let it rest for 15 minutes.
In a wok, dry roast the peanuts,
grated coconut, and garlic cloves one after the other, toss until roasted well.
Remove them and keep them aside.
Grind coarsely using a mixer.
Now add oil to the same wok. Add
chopped onion to it and toss until translucent.
Add all the spice powders namely,
turmeric, red chilly, cumin-coriander, and garam masala.
At this stage add chopped tomato
and salt. Mix well till tomatoes turn slightly mushy.
Add 1/4th of the tossed mixture
to the ground coconut and peanut mix.
Stuff this mixture into the slit
baby brinjals.
Now add these brinjals to the wok
with the balance tossed mixture, add in ½ glass of water. Let it cook with a
lid on for 7-10minutes.
Once the brinjals turn soft,
adjust the salt,
Add ½ tsp jaggery.
Garnish it with freshly chopped
coriander.
Tips
and Notes
We have
used the purple Brinjal and not the white ones.
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