Recipe: Eggplant Curry in honor of Ben Starr

Recipe: Eggplant Curry in honor of Ben Starr

by | Apr 26, 2012 | Recipes

Ingredients

1 medium sized eggplant( I used 1/2 a large eggplant)

1 onion

2 tbsp tomato paste

1 tsp curry powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 green chillies

1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves

1 inch piece of fresh ginger(else 1 tsp ginger powder)

2/3 cloves of garlic

Baking pan

Canola Oil

Preparation

1) Rub the eggplant with oil  and spices on all sides and place it in the oven in a baking pan at 400 degrees for 15- 20 minutes.

2) Crush fresh ginger and garlic in mortar and pestle.

3)Heat a pan with oil. Add cumin, crushed ginger garlic, curry powder, cumin and coriander powder.

4) Add chopped onions and cayenne powder/ green chillies whatever is available.

5) Add tomato paste and mix.

6) Take eggplant out of the oven and now you can easily peel the skin

7) Using a hand blender or fork, mash the pulp of the eggplant and transfer it to the pan.

8) Mix well, plate and enjoy on crackers! with any kind of bread, or pita or on a sandwich:)

Eggplant Curry in Honor of Ben Starr!

Eggplant Curry in Honor of Ben Starr!

by | Apr 26, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court

I am a huge fan of Ben Starr from Master Chef Season 2 and have always cheered for him. I feel like apart from being a wonderful chef, he is such a nice person and has been very encouraging. He has now become one of my good friends and my idol. In our recent conversation, Ben had mentioned eggplants and said to me that in India there are so many varieties of eggplants. i promised him that I would publish the recipe of my favorite eggplant curry in his honor. So here goes Ben- my currylicious eggplant dish in your honor!

You can use this eggplant curry with crackers(like in this pic), or with any bread, or pita or on a sandwich:) so enjoy!