Eggplant Dal Sauce

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India

Known as an Indian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 12 ingredients

1 t Coriander
1 md Eggplant
1 Cinnamon stick
1 Dried red chili cayenne pepper to taste salt to taste
1 t Cumin
Chop
2/3 c Red lentils
2 t Black mustard seeds
2 c Water
Pop
Roast
Broth

Contains Mustard Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

Eggplant Source of protein
Source of protein · 1.0 g per 100 g, 16% of the energy from protein
- Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
Nutrients per 100 g of “Eggplant, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Blending hot liquid. Let it cool a little first, fill the blender no more than a third, and hold the lid down with a folded towel. Start on the lowest speed. A stick blender in the pan is safer.
Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

Roast the eggplant in a 400-degree oven for an hour (stab it first with a fork). A half hour or twenty minutes before you anticipate the eggplant will be done, pop the mustard seeds in a medium sized saucepan, then add lentils, water and spices. Bring to a boil and gently simmer until the eggplant is finished cooking, then remove eggplant from oven, slit open, scoop out innards, chop them coarsely and add to lentils. Cook another 5-10 minutes to blend all the flavors. This would probably make a respectable soup if it were thinned out with more water and broth, but I served it over...
> Kirsten, your recipe for eggplant dal sounds delicious, but would you explain > how to "pop" mustard seeds? Also, you call for black mustard seed ~ how is > that different in flavor from regular mustard seed? Do you find them at your > HFS, or do normal grocery stores carry them? > I pop the seeds by putting them in a heavy wok with a lid. I spray a little bit of Pam first. The brown or black mustard seeds can usually be gotten at a HFS or an Indian grocery store. These are the only kinds of seeds I have ever tasted so I can't comment on whether the flavor is different but they add substantially to the flavor of an Indian type dish.
Kirstin Reade Wilcox From Fatfree Digest April-May 1994, Formatting by Sue Smith (using MMCONV)