Delicious curry prepared with eggplant chunks and jackfruit seeds which is simmered in gingerlly oil and spiced up with a spice powder prepared along with some spices and raw peanuts, this curry tastes marvellous when served along with hot piping rasam with rice or else curd rice...Both eggplant and jackfruit seeds works out wonder together as curry and needless to say this curry is our recent family favourite...U can also enjoy this dish along with some white rice and papads or else as side dish with rotis,the choice is urs..
2cups Eggplant chunks
15nos Jackfruit seeds
1no Onion (big & chopped)
Few curry leaves
1tsp Mustard seeds+cumin seeds
Gingelly oil
Peanut spice powder:1/4cup Raw peanuts
1tbsp Coriander seeds
5nos Dry red chillies
1tsp Channadal
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
2tsp Dessicated coconut
10nos Peppercorns
Dry roast all the ingredients except the peanuts given under 'Peanut spice powder', grind the roasted spices along with raw peanuts as fine powder, keep aside..Cook the jackfruit seeds along with water in a separate vessel until they turns bit soft, drain the water,keep aside..
Heat enough gingelly oil, let crack the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, add immediately the chopped onions,curry leaves, sauté until the onions turns transculent, chopped eggplants, cook for few minutes, now add the already cooked jackfruit seeds, peanut spice powder,salt and cook everything in simmer with lid closed until the veggies get well cooked, dont add water at all..
Delicious eggplant & jackfruit seeds curry is ready !
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