Veenas Vegnation: Stuffed brinjal In Microwave

Recently my aunt brought this to our house. Though I am not a great fan of brinjal, the look of the dish tempted me to taste it and it was so delicious. So called her up this morning for the recipe and when she said that it was cooked in a microwave, I was happy as well as surprised. So here is the recipe stuffed brinjal by my aunt Lakshmi.

INGREDIENTS

Small brinjal	250 gms
Tuvar dal	2 tbsp
Bengal gram dal	2tbsp
Red chillies	4
Asafoetida	1/4 tsp
Daniya	4 tbsp
Fresh coconut	1/4 cup
Tamarind	1 small marble sized
Turmeric powder	¼ tsp
Salt	To taste

PREPARATION

Take enough water in a wide mouthed bowl, add turmeric powder to this and 1 tsp salt to it. Mix well

Now slit the brinjal into 4 , making sure the bottom is not cut.

Slit all the brinjal likewise and put this into the turmeric water.

Now roast the tuvar dal, Bengal gram dal, daniya and red chillied in 1 tsp of oil till the dal starts to brown.

In the same pan roast the coconut for few second

Transfer all this to a mixer jar.

Add the necessary salt, tamarind and little water and grind it to a smooth paste.It should be thick and not runny

Now stuff it into all the slit brinjal and transfer it to microwave safe dish

Cover it with a microwave safe lid and cook it HIGH for 5 MINUTES

Now slowly removed the lid, and sprinkle the dilutes paste, mix well, close with the lid and again cook for 3 minutes in MICRO HIGH MODE.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and asafoetida. When it splutters, pour this on the cooked brinjal. Mix well

Now cook for the final time WITHOUT THE LID in MICRO HIGH mode for 1 MINUTE

Serve warm

This goes for the June Week 1, Cooking from Cookbook Challenge Group