Stuffed Baby Brinjals-Bharwa Baingan

Here is an easy and tasty recipe of stuffed brinjals/eggplant/aubergine/baingan/Vaingan that is one of our most favourites and goes good with rice and rotis.This awesome recipe belongs to my dear sister Ms.Anu Pai, who is an incredible cook.

Ingredients:
Baby brinjals       10-12
Onion(m)               1
Tomato(m)           1
Oil                            2-3tbsp
Mustard seeds    1tsp
curry leaves        5-6

For masala:
Chana daal                   1tsp
Coriander seeds          3-4tsp
Cinnamon                     small piece
peanuts                          1tbsp
onion(S)                        1
garlic clove                   1
Salt                                   to taste
Jaggery                          1-2tsp
Red chillies(byadagi)    5-6

Method:

• Take brinjals,make vertical cross slits only till 3/4th i.e., without breaking the quarters and let soak in water.
• With little oil in a small pan roast on medium flame chana daal,dhania,cinnamon and peanuts till done and put in a blending jar
• In the same pan with little oil saute onions,garlic to light brown
• Add this into the blending jar of spices
• Add salt to taste,jaggery and blend to a semi-coarse paste adding very little water.
• Drain the brinjals and stuff with the prepared masala.
• eat oil in a pan.Toss in mustard seeds,curry leaves followed by chopped onions,lightly brown them and add chopped tomatoes sprinkling little salt till they are slightly mushy.
• Add the stuffed brinjals and saute on high heat for a minute or two.
• Add remaining masala if any and little water.
• Cover and cook till a fork pierced into a brinjal easily gets in.