Ingredients:

• 2 cups – Eggplant chunks
• 15 – Jackfruit seeds
• 1 Onion (big and chopped)
• Few Curry leaves
• 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds & Cumin seeds
• Gingili oil
• Peanut spice powder (Roast and ground):
• 1/4 cup – Raw Peanuts
• 1 tbsp – Coriander seeds
• 5 Dry Red Chillies
• 1 tsp – Channa dal
• 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 2 tsp – Desiccated Coconut
• 10 Peppercorns

Method:

1. Dry roast all the ingredients except the peanuts given under ‘Peanut spice powder’.
2. Grind the roasted spices along with raw peanuts into a fine powder and keep aside.
3. In a separate vessel cook the jackfruit seeds in water until it turns a bit soft.
4. Drain the water, keep it aside.
5. Heat gingili oil and let the mustard seeds splutter.
6. Add cumin seeds, the chopped onions, curry leaves, and saute until the onions turn translucent.
7. Add the chopped eggplant and cook for few minutes.
8. Add the cooked jackfruit seeds, peanut spice powder, salt and cook on simmer with lid closed until the vegetables get well cooked, (don’t add water at all).
9. Delicious eggplant and jackfruit seed curry is ready.
10. Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipes