Ingredients

• 250 g - green, tender, long brinjal
• 1/2 cup - curd
• 1/2 tsp - ginger paste
• 1/2 tsp - garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp - green chilli paste
• Coriander sprigs - 1/2 bunch chopped)
• 1 sprig - curry leaves
• 2 tsp - poppy seed paste
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp - coriander cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp - garam masala
• A pinch - sugar
• 1/2 cup - water
• Salt
• Oil

How to Make Brinjal in Curd Gravy

• Wash the brinjal and cut it lengthwise, vertically. Mix together ginger paste, garlic paste, green chilli paste, salt, turmeric powder, coriander cumin powder, garam masala and chopped coriander
• Fill this mixture in the slit
• In a kadai, heat oil and shallow fry the brinjals
• Fry till the brinjals are tender and keep aside
• Take aside these fried brinjal.
• In the remaining oil, add curry leaves and poppy seeds paste to the oil
• Fry for a few seconds.
• Add curd in the pan, stirring continuously
• Add water
• Gently drop the fried brinjal into the gravy
• Turn the brinjal and fry for a few min.
• Add a pinch of sugar to taste
• Garnish with coriander leaves