serves
4
prep
15 minutes
cook
20 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
15
minutes
cooking
20
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Cultured Creams
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Ingredients
- ¼ cup (60 ml) sunflower oil
- 1 large brown onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 long green chilli, roughly chopped
- 2 fresh curry leaves
- 4 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 dried bay leaves
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggplants, peeled and diced (3 cm x 4 cm chunks)
- Ground paprika, to serve
- 4 mint leaves, to serve
For the salted yoghurt
- 300 g natural yogurt
- ¼ cup (60 ml) water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
Instructions
- Heat the oil over medium heat in a medium heavy-based saucepan. Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes, or until softened. Add the garlic, chilli and curry leaves and cook, stirring, for 1 minute, or until fragrant.
- Stir through the tomatoes and cook for 3-4 minutes, or until slightly softened, then add the spices, bay leaves and salt.
- Add the eggplant chunks and stir well to coat. Cover the saucepan with a lid and allow to cook for 5-7 minutes. The eggplant chunks should start to release some water. Reduce the heat to low and keep covered, stirring occasionally, until the eggplant is cooked.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the yoghurt, water, salt and garlic. Whisk well to combine.
- To serve, discard the bay leaves from the saucepan. Spoon some garlic yoghurt onto a serving platter and then top with the bajaan borani. Drizzle with the remaining yoghurt then garnish with paprika and mint.
Note
If only large eggplants are available, use 2 large instead of 3 medium.
Photography by Jiwon Kim.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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