Aubergine and Yellow Tomato Curry.

One of my favorite vegetables is aubergines and I always try and cook with them at least once a week. These wonderful purple aubergines used in this recipe are home grown from a friends garden. They are very young and tender with very few seeds inside them and they taste delicious.

I have paired them with these beautiful Yellow vine tomatoes that I picked up from the local farmers market. The tomatoes are sweet and juicy and are perfect in salads, although you can also cook with them by roasting them on the wine for pasta sauces or adding them to any curries dish too.

With these two lovely ingredients, I wanted to keep the recipe simple so I made this tasty Aubergine and yellow tomato curry which went really well paired with hot chapattis and rice.

Yield: Serves 4Author: Nayna Kanabar

Aubergine Masala with Yellow Tomatoes

Augergines sauteed in garlic and spices and cooked with baby Yellow tomatoes.

prep time: 5 minscook time: 20 minstotal time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

2 medium Aubergines

2 cloves garlic

1 red dried chilli

12 Baby yellow Tomatoes

3 Springs fresh Coriander

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon chilli powder

1/2 teaspoon coriander powder

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1/2 teaspoon cumin powder

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

1. Wash the aubergines and cut in half length ways and then into thin 5 mm slices.

2. Peel the garlic and finely chop it.

3. Cut the tomatoes into quarters.

4. In a pan add the oil , when it is hot add the mustard seeds and red chilli and wait for the mustard seeds to crackle.

5. Add the garlic and saute for a minute, next add the aubergine slices and toss in the oil for 3-4 minutes.

6. Add all the spices  and toss the aubergines to coat them. Cover and cook the aubergines for 10 minutes  on a low to medium heat after which add the tomatoes and cook further for another 5 minutes.

7. Turn off the heat and transfer the aubergines to a serving dish and garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

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