Stuffed Eggplant Poriyal – Ennai Kathirikkai
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Almost 7-8 years ago, I was visiting my cousins in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My bhabhi knew my love for cooking so she gifted me this beautiful cook book called Dakshin meaning South, written by Chandra Padmanabhan. She has pended down some fabulous recipes in that book, in various categories of sambhar, spice mixes, poriyals, kuttus, rice and desserts.
While sorting my books the other day, this cook book landed in my hands. For almost an hour, I kept flipping through the book, mersmerised by the photographs (dark and moody) and the recipes. It was like finding a lost treasure.
There is so much to learn about the cuisine from Dakshin / Southern India, that a lifetime will be short. Just like North Indian Cuisine, it varies from region to region and is very versatile.
I will be making a humble attempt to try some recipes from this book with due credit to Chandra. The only hitch I had about these recipes is the amount of oil used in each dish. So I have adapted the recipe to make it healthier, without making it as oily and also without altering any ingredients used, to my best capacity.
This recipe has various components including roasting coconut (refer picture 1 below), roasting other dry ingredients (refer picture 2), Grinding the roasted ingredients with tamarind and making a thick paste out of it (refer picture 3 & 4), making 4 slits into the baby eggplants without cutting it through (refer picture 5) and then stuffing the eggplants with the ground paste (refer picture 6) and finally cooking them till tender.
This is how it is made!
It sure is a long recipe to read but totally worth it as it is rewarding in its flavors and textures. If you are an eggplant lover like me, you are gonna love it!
Yet another vegetarian dish from my Indian American kitchen to yours!
Enjoy!
Sonal!
Sonal, I love stuffed eggplant and this recipe with the coconut, urad dal and spices looks scrumptious!
Thank you Sandhya
I looooooovvvveeee eggplant and this is one of my favourite dishes!
Yayyyyy another eggplant lover❤️❤️
I love eggplant and I don’t cook with it enough! Thank you for sharing this recipe, Sonal!
❤️❤️
Yum yum yum! You know I love aubergines, this looks fab!
Yes I do
Happy new year to you and the family Elaine!!
Thank you, and to you all xx
I love eggplant and this sounds so good! yumm Sonal!
Thank you Lynz❤️
yumm
How you make EGGPLANT look appetizing is beyond me!
You are too kind Varinaj ❤️
looks so yum yum! pined 🙂
Muaaah lady ❤️
Sonal, this recipe looks amazing and more with baby eggplants. Wishing you a beautiful New Year 2016! 🙂
Thank you Linda!!! A very happy new year to you as well❤️❤️
These eggplants looks sooo delicious Sonal . Add it to the list too plssss .. I am soo making them as soon as I can ..
Added to the list ❤️
It’s a wonderful dish Sonal, I am partial to eggplant, it’s one of my favorites and the eggplant with the mound of snowywhite rice looks so delicious.
I ate this dish as is Suzanne! I can eat eggplant anytime of the day!
Oh me too I love it any time of day it’s wonderful!