Bagara Baingan

Ingredients:
1) Small eggplants (keep the upper green part intact)
2) 1 bowl peanuts
3) 1 -2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
4) 2 tbsp coconut powder
5) 2-3 tsp sesame seeds
6) 6-7 curry leaves
7) 1 -2 tsp fenugreek seeds
8) Tamarind juice
9) 1-2tbsp cumin powder
10) 1 -2 tbsp corriander powder
11) 1-2 ts cumin seeds
12) 1-2 tsp mustard seeds
13) 3-4 tsp red chilli powder
14) 2-3 tp turmeric powder
15) Jaggery to taste
16) Whole garam masala
17) 3-4 chopped green chillies
18) 2-3 chopped onion
19) Hing
20) Salt to taste

Method:
1) Roast the peanuts with a little oil in a pan.
2) Now add the sesame seeds to it & let it smutter. Now add coconut powder. Make the gravy of the above 3 ingredients in a grinder.
3) Fry the eggplants in oil. Fry it 70% & rest of the cooking will be in gravy.
4) In a pan, add oil & add whole garam masala, mustard seeds, cumin seeds & very little fenugreek seeds. Now add onion, hing, curry leaves, turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, cumin powder, corriander powder, red chili powder. Now add water & bring it to boil.
5) To the above mixture, add the peanuts gravy. Cook it on low flame, stirring in between. Now add tamaring juice, jaggery, salt to taste.
6) Finally, add the baingan & cook it for 10-15 mins on low flame.