Badhanekaaye Ennegaaye (Brinjal stuffed)

Badhanekaaye yennegaaye is very famous in north karnataka.
This dish goes extremely well with joladha rotti, or any kind of rotis.




Ingredients:-

Brinjal- 1 kilo
Coriander seeds- 3 tspn
Jeera- 1.5 tspn
Gasgasa- 1.5 tspn
Pepper-4
Fenugreek seeds-4
Uradh dhaal- 2 tspn
Bengal gram dhaal-2 tspn
Peanuts- 3 tspn
Sesame seeds- 3 tspn
Red chillies- 20
Coriander leaves- 1/4 bunch
Curry leaves- little
Tomato- 2
Onions-2
Garlic-8 flakes
Coconut grated- 3/4 cup
Tamarind pulp- 2tspn
jaggery-2 tspn
Salt- to taste


Method:-

1. First fry all the above shown dry items in a pan. cool it aside. and make as coarse powder.
2. Slit the brinjals. Do not cut the stem. {we need to stuff the mixture,}
3. Fry brinjals in oil and keep it aside.



4. Blend together--- Coriander,tomato,onion,garlic,coconut,tamarind, jaggery along with the above fried powder. Mix both and blend once again.
Take out this smooth paste from blender and fry it in oil in a medium flame.

5. When the mixture cools down. stuff the mixture inside the brinjals as shown below.

6. In a deep pan. Add oil and slowly immerse the stuffed brinjals and cook in a low flame for atleast 20 mins.

7. keep stirring each side of brinjal slowly. add the remaining gravy. and keep cooking in a low flame.


Serve this curry with rotis or Joladha rotti.


Check my recipe of joladha rotti. It goes very well with it.