Smoked Eggplant With Fragrant Spices

Ingredients

2 medium eggplants 1 tbsp coriander seeds 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp turmeric 1 salt to taste 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 cup peanut oil 1 large onion, chopped 2 tsp minced garlic 1 or 2 serrano chiles, minced 2 tomatoes, chopped 1 tsp garam masala (see note) 1 tsp lemon juice 1 cup coarsely chopped cilantro leaves	Advertisements

Preparation
 
Place the eggplants directly over the gas burner, or grill over a wood
fire. Cook on all sides until the skin is black and charred and the
flesh feels soft when pierced with a fork.

Grind the coriander and cumin seeds, and mix with the turmeric, salt
and red pepper on a small plate. Set near the stove.

Peel the eggplants, being sure to remove all the black, charred skin,
and wipe them clean with wet hands. Squeeze out all the water.

Chop the eggplants coarsely and set aside.

Heat the oil in a heavy, shallow pan. Add onion and cook, stirring
frequently, until it turns almost reddish brown, 10 or 12 minutes.
Stir in the garlic and cook until the mixture turns reddish brown,
stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan. Stir in the spices and
green chiles and cook, stirring for about l0 seconds. Add the
tomatoes and let the mixture simmer until the tomatoes form a sauce
and oil separates from the sauce.

Stir in the eggplant and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until the oil
again separates from the sauce. Taste for salt, stir in the garam
masala, lemon juice and cilantro.

Serve hot or cold with Indian bread as a side dish.

NOTE: Garam masala, a spice blend, may be purchased at Indian
markets.

From the San Francisco Chronicle, 12/7/88.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; November 2 1992.

 

 
Servings: 1

 

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