Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings

• ½ kg baby brinjals.
• 2 tomatoes (medium size) finely chopped
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp crushed sesame seeds
• ¼ cup oil
• ½ tsp each of methi, mustard and jeera seeds
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp jeera powder
• Salt to taste
  
• 3 green chillies (cut into pieces)
• 1 tsp chilly powder

Directions

1. Wash Brinjals, slit into four quaters, leaving the stem side intact.
2. Take a bowl ,put lemon juice,add sesame seeds,salt, turmeric, chilly powder, jeera powder,and garlic.Mix into a smooth paste.
3. Stuff this paste into the brinjals. Keep aside.
4. Heat oil in a pot ,add chillies,add mustard seeds, jeera, and methi seeds, let them splutter, lower the stuffed brinjals into a pot,braise for a while ,taking care not to break them.
5. Add chopped tomatoes, reduce and cook slowly with lid closed tightly, till brinjals soft but not mushy.
6. Serve hot with Khichri.

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