Hot Brinjal Roll

It is a very simple yet classy veg recipe of brinjal. During winter season brinjal is a hot favorite vegetable in almost every household. Hence, I am sharing this recipe which will surely add a feather in your hat!!

Ingredients: 

1. Long and thin slices of brinjal- 3 to 4
2. Bharta brinjal
3. Curd (hung for 30 minutes)- 1/2 cup
4. Salt to taste
5. Black pepper powder- 2 tsp
6. Jeera powder- 2 tsp
7. Roasted jeera- 1 tsp
8. Chickpeas (boiled)- 1 cup
9. Green chilly- 2
10. Onion (chopped)- 1small
11. Tomato (chopped)- 1 large
12. Garlic (finely chopped)- 5 to 6 cloves
13. Sugar- 1/2 tsp
14. Olive oil

Procedure:

First marinate the brinjal slices with salt for 15 minutes and in the meanwhile mix curd, 1 tsp jeera powder, 1 tsp black pepper powder, salt to taste in a bowl. Now prick the bharta brinjal with a fork and apply a little oil over it. Roast the brinjal directly over flame till the skin of the brinjal turns black and dry.  After cooling  it, remove the skin of the brinjal. Mash well the bharta brinjal and mix half a cup of it to the curd mixture. 

Next grind chickpeas, roasted jeera, 1 tsp jeera powder, salt, 1 tsp black pepper powder, green chilly, few chopped garlic. Keep it aside.

Now heat 2 tbs olive oil in a flat frying pan and add the marinated brinjal slices. Cook them on high flame till they turn dark brown in color. Keep them on a paper napkin to remove excess oil.

To make the chutney fry chopped onion and remaining garlic till the onion turn translucent. Now add tomato and sugar to it and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

Now place one scoop of the curd mixture on the plate, stuff the ground chickpeas on a fried brinjal slice roll it slowly and prick it with a toothpick. Place this roll on the curd scoop and add one tbs of the tomato chutney on top of it. Serve it hot.