Ingredients:

• 8-10 – eggplants of moderate size
• 3 – onions, grated
• 1 tsp – coriander powder
• 1 tsp – cumin powder
• 1 tsp – ginger-garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp – yogurt/curd
• Tamarind paste (prepared by soaking 10 gm of Tamarind in 10 cc of water and extracting the liquid)
• Salt as per taste
• Oil for frying

Method:

1. Cut eggplants into long. A single eggplant may be cut into 4 equal sizes.
2. Marinate with a little salt and turmeric powder for about 5-7 minutes.
3. Heat a little oil in a pan and start frying the eggplants.
4. This dish does not require a lot of oil as eggplants release their own water content and soften in a few minutes.
5. Cook for about 7 minutes till the eggplants become soft.
6. Remove them and keep aside.
7. Add grated onions into the oil in the frying pan.
8. Add ginger-garlic paste, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt.
9. Cook the spices nicely till they emit a nice flavour.
10. Add yogurt/curd to it.
11. Add the eggplants which were already fried.
12. Mix the ingredients well with the eggplants.
13. Add the tamarind extract to it.
14. Recipe courtesy: sweta-chakraborty.blogspot.in/