Lake Palace Hotels Aubergine

Lake Palace Hotel's Aubergine

Lake Palace Hotel's Aubergine

45 minutes

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  • Serving Size:   6
  • Gluten-Free:   True
  • Dairy-Free:   True
  • Vegan:   True
  • Vegetarian:   True
  • Weight Watchers:   3 Points
Cuisine
  • side dish
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Ingredients
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 3/4 pounds eggplant (1 large or 2 small)
  • 1 teapoon whole fennel seeds
  • 1 inch cube of fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablepoon ground coriander seeds
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric or 3cm piece fresh
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 mediums tomatoes, peeled and inely chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon kalonji or whole cumin seeds
Instructions

Puree ginger and garlic in a food processor along with 1/4 cup of water.

Cut eggplant into 3/4 inch thick slices.Et a sieve over a bowl.

Heat 1/2 cup of oil in a deep frying pan over medium-high heat.When hot, cover the pan with eggplant slices in a single layer.Turn the eggplant slices when browned.

Remove the slices from the pan once you've browned both sides and place them in the sieve.

Add 1/2 cup of oil to the frying pan and heat it.Brown a second batch of eggplant slices. Continue until you've finished browning all eggplant slices.

Let the eggplant drain for an hour.

Heat 3 tablespoons of oil over medium heat.When hot, put in fennel seeds, kalonji or whole cumin).As soon as the fennel seeds turn a few shades darker (just a few seconds), put in the choppe dtomato, ginger-garlic mixture, coriander, turmeric, cayenne and alt.Sitr and cook for 5-6 minutes, mash the tomato with the back of a slotted spoon.Turn the heat up slightly and continue to stir and cook until the spice mixture resembles thick paste.

Place the fried eggplant slices into the mixture.Cook on medium-low heat for 5 minutes.Cover the pan, turn the heat to very low and cook another 5-10 minutes.Lift the eggplant out of the pan with a slotted spoon to serve.If you wish to serve it cold, you may store the dish with all its oil in the refrigerator.

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