Bagara Baingan

Ingredients:
8 medium purple brinjals
1 onion
1 tomato
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
3 cloves
1/2 inch cinnamon
2 cardomom
1 sprig curry leaves
ghee/oil

Masala:
6 cashew nuts
1 tsp peanuts
1 tsp grated dry coconut
1 tsp poppy seeds
ghee

• Star cut brinjals and shallow fry them.
• Fry the items under masala in ghee in the order given and make a paste.
• Heat oil in a pan add onions and fry them.Now add ginger garlic paste,fry and then add tomatoes and cook them.
• Now add masala paste,turmeric,red chilli powder and salt and cook for 3 mini.e until oil leaves the sides.
• Now heat ghee in another pan add cloves,cinnamon,cardomom,curry leaves fry them.After that add the above gravy fry for a min and turn off the flame.
• Hyderabad's bagara baingan is ready to serve with roti/chapathi.