Eggplant and Egg in Tamarind Sauce

Recipe Ingredients:

500 gm eggplant, chopped into 3cm strips

6 hard boiled eggs

1/4 cup tamarind pulp

1 cup water

1 onion, finely chopped

4 green  chillies, finely chopped

1 tbsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp turmeric powder

2 tbsp oil

1 tbsp red chilli powder

salt (according to taste)

How to Prepare:

Heat oil in a large sauce pan over a medium low heat, when hot add cumin seeds chopped onions and green chillies, cook untill onions turns transparent stirring occasionally. Add chopped eggplant and salt and cook untill eggplant is almost done.

Meanwhile make slit vertically on all sides of egg. Heat oil in another pan and fry the eggs till they turn into light golden in colour.

Add red chilli powder and turmeric powder to the egg plant and cook for a while. Add tamarind pulp, eggs and water and cook for about 20 minutes or untill the contents thicken. Serve hot.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve hot with rice.