Bharli Vangi Recipe - Maharashtrian Style Stuffed Brinjals
A delicious maharashtrian recipes recipe featuring bharli vangi recipe - maharashtrian style stuffed brinjals. Perfect for a nutritious meal that's both flavorful and satisfying.
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Instructions
Cooking Steps
Step 1: To begin making the Bharli Vangi Recipe, rinse Brinjals well using water 3 to 4 times and wipe them dry
Step 2: Slit them vertically into 4 parts, running the knife from top to bottom until the stem, without cutting the stem
Step 3: Sprinkle some salt inside the slits of each eggplant and keep them aside for about 10 minutes
Step 4: Grind together the ingredients mentioned under ‘stuffing’ including raw peanuts, tomato, garlic, ginger, jaggery, red chilli powder, turmeric powder
Step 5: Use very less water
Step 6: Add a tablespoon of garam masala and mix
Step 7: The stuffing should be thick
Step 8: In a saucepan kept on medium heat, add oil
Step 9: Once the oil is nice and very hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and slit green chilies
Step 10: Cover and let the seeds crackle
Step 11: Once the crackling stops, add chopped onions and fry till the onions are nicely browned
Step 12: Now the tempering is ready
Step 13: Stuff in each eggplant with the prepared stuffing
Step 14: Use about 2 tablespoons in each
Step 15: Gently place the stuffed eggplants over the tempering
Step 16: Add some water and keep the heat on low
Step 17: Cover and cook for about 15 minutes
Step 18: After 15 minutes, turn them over and cook on the other side
Step 19: Check if there is some water
Step 20: If it looks too dry, you might get burnt taste, so add little more water and continue cooking for another 15 minutes or until they all are nicely blackened
Step 21: Remove from heat and serve hot
Step 22: Serve Bharli Vangi along with Panchmel Dal, Boondi Raita and Phulkas for a weekday lunch or dinner