Pea stuffed eggplants

These pea-stuffed eggplants are a modern twist on the traditional Gujarati vegetable dish undhiyu. The filling comprises of finely chopped peas flavoured with a spicy curry paste as well as sesame, turmeric, cinnamon, cloves and fresh coriander. Eat these hot with a chapati, paratha or roti.

Pea stuffed eggplants Credit: Kitti Gould

• serves

  4

• prep

  10 minutes

• cook

  30 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 500 g frozen peas, thawed
• vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
• 1 tsp turmeric
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 1 large bunch coriander, finely chopped
• sugar, to taste
• salt, to taste
• 500 g baby black eggplants
• chapati, paratha or roti, to serve

Curry paste

• 3 garlic cloves
• 5 cm x 2 cm piece ginger
• 2 green Indian chillies

Instructions

1. To make the curry paste, use a mortar and pestle or a mini food processor to grind the garlic, ginger and chillies to a thick paste and set aside until needed.
2. In a large food processor, pulse the peas until they reach a coarse consistency.
3. In a large bowl, combine the peas, curry paste, a drizzle of oil, sesame, turmeric, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, sugar and salt. The consistency should be quite coarse.
4. Keeping the top and base intact, cut a slit in the eggplants lengthways and stuff with half the pea mixture.
5. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook the stuffed eggplants for 5 minutes, or until they change colour. Add the remaining pea mixture to the pan, cover and cook for 15 minutes, or until the eggplants are soft.
6. Serve with chapati, paratha or roti.

 

Photography by Kitti Gould.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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