Eggplant Kurma( Vankaya Kurma / Brinjal Kurma)

Ingredients: 

• 6-8 Medium size Eggplants/Brinjals/Vankayalu(Slit each brinjals into 4parts lengthwise partially)
• 1 Cup chopped Onions
• 1 table spoon Ginger garlic paste
• 3 Red Chill
• 1 Table Spoon Red Chilli Powder
• 1/4 Table Spoon Turmeric Powder
• 1/4 Cup Chopped Coriander Leaves
• 4 Table spoons cooking Oil
• ¼ Cup peanuts
• Cashewnuts-8
• 1 stick Cinnamon
• 3 cloves
• 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
• 1 tbsp Mustatrd seeds
• Water
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Heat a pan on medium flame roast the peanuts, Red chillies and Shift them to a blender.
• Again add 1/2 tbsp oil and fry onions till brown then and tomatoes saute it for 2-3 min then shift it to blender.
• Add cloves,cinnamon stick cashews add water and make a fine paste.
• Then on medium flame add oil to the pan add cumin seeds,mustard seeds, ginger&garlic paste and fry till it looses the raw flavour.
• Add turmeric powder,Red chilli powder salt.
• Add Eggplants & fry till they are little soft.
• Then add paste to it,if needed add little water to cook till the brinjal's soak all ingredients and gives a nice flavour then turnoff the flame.
• Add coriander leave to garnish.

          Serve it with Roti,Puri,Parata&Rice