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Eggplant curry

Eggplant curry is made using peanuts and sesame seeds predominantly. The flavour of peanuts and the oily sesame seeds make the curry rich in texture and taste. Chappati and eggplant curry is personally my choice of food for dinner. Let's take a look at the ingredients. Ingredients: 1 medium sized eggplant or 5-6 brinjals slit vertically along with it's stem 1 carrot, optional 1 tbsp black pepper corns 2 tbsp peanuts 2 tbsp white sesame seeds 3 tbsp sesame oil Few curry leaves 3 green chillies, slit vertically 1 tbsp thick tamarind paste 1 tsp red chilli powder salt to taste Steps: 1. Dry roast the peanuts till light brown, Then add sesame seeds and roast till sesame seeds turn light brown. We need to add sesame seeds later as it turns out brown quickly as compared to the peanuts. 2. Let it cool completely. Then add the peanut and sesame seeds mixture to a mixer and grind it to a coarse powder. If you grind nicely, the eggplant curry would become l...