Aubergine (eggplant) Curry, Pakoras, Fragrant Jasmine Rice, Salad and Pappadams were on the menu at our September Mantra Rock Dance.
The Aubergine Curry that the Australian School of Meditation and Yoga chefs cooked up was so tasty and so simple that I thought I’d better share it with you.
Sometimes I wonder to myself, “What do I do with this eggplant?” I find it a difficult vegetable to cook with. But experts tell us that eggplant is a great health food. It is full of fibre, vitamin C and B6, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium and low in fat and sodium.
This recipe is one way to make this wholesome veggie more popular in your house, everyone will be coming back for seconds.
- Heat some olive oil in a pot. You will be surprised how much olive oil you will need, the eggplant soaks it up.
- Add one large, chopped eggplant and stir. Add some sweet paprika and turmeric. Cover with a lid and stir occasionally. It is here you may need to add more olive oil.
- Cook covered until tender. The eggplant should be soft.
- Here you can add a chopped leek and some minced garlic, stir in with the eggplant. Cook for two minutes.
- Once the eggplant is done, add a chopped carrot. Also, add a little water and one veggie stock cube. Break up the stock cube before you add it to your cooking.
- Once the carrot is mostly soft, add one red capsicum, chopped. Cook for 5 minutes.
- When all the veggies are done, add some tomato paste, and a little more water may be needed depending on how runny you would like your curry. You may also like to add some palm sugar to make your curry a little sweeter.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- At the end, once the pot is off the heat, you can add firm, diced ricotta or chickpeas. They do not go well together so you’d use one or the other, depending on what you will be serving your eggplant curry with. Ricotta goes nice if you are serving with mashed potato. Chickpeas go nice if you are serving with rice.
- You can stir through some spinach or garnish with parsley.
- Appreciate all the wholesome, nourishing food available to you and enjoy.
This amount will make enough for you and a friend. With a recipe like this though, you better have enough to feed a family.
Amara
Instructor
