Eggplant Raita !!
I was very unsure about it when my mother in law first told me about this but then her confidence in the recipe was able to overcome my fear of a failure. Yes, failure because I didn’t wanted to mess up my weekend spread with an unknown recipe. But then when I thought , heard and tried to visualize this recipe of Eggplant Raita, it all seemed quite interesting. Hence I just followed Mother in Law’s recipe to crack this intriguing Eggplant Raita.
Like her all other recipes this too was simple but the only catch was how you slice eggplants and avoid it from getting too mushy. It should be cooked but not over cooked and that’s where we need to be careful while we prepare Eggplant Raita. The original recipe didn’t have garlic but since I like the combination of eggplant and garlic hence added. You also can add green chilles in tempering as per your taste while you prepare Eggplant Raita for some added kick J
- Eggplant : 1 cut in semi circles (1 cm thick)
- Curry Leave: 8
- Mustard seeds: ½ tsp
- Onions: 1 chopped
- Garlic: 4 chopped
- Yoghurt: 2 cups well beaten
- Black Salt: as per taste
- Red chilli powder: ½ tsp
- Cumin powder: ½ tsp
- Oil:1/2 tsp
- Heat oil in a pan and temper with mustard seeds, curry leaves and garlic.
- Once garlic is brown add onions and sauté till they are cooked
- Now add eggplant and cook till they are done but still crisp
- At the end add little salt so it seeps in the eggplant and turn off the flame.
- Add cumin powder, red chilli powder and black salt in the yoghurt and mix well.
- Now mix the cooked egg plant and garnish with coriander and serve chilled with the main course.