Birmingham Balti

I really liked this recipe. Originally from the Vegetarian Society website. Otherwise known as “Aubergine, Potato and Chick Pea Balti” but I like “Birmingham Balti” more.

Ingredients

Serves: 4

For the vegetables:

  • 2 tbs vegetable oil
  • 1 onion, peeled and finely sliced
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 potato, peeled and cut into 1 cm cubes
  • 1 aubergine, cut into 1 cm cubes
  • 410g tin chickpeas, rinsed & drained
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ¼ tsp ground turmeric

For the sauce:

  • 2 tbs vegetable oil
  • 1 onion, peeled and finely sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsp root ginger, peeled and grated
  • 4 cm cassia bark (optional)
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 450g tin chopped plum tomatoes
  • ¼ tsp ground turmeric
  • ½ tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder to taste

To finish:

  • 4 tbs fresh coriander, finely chopped
  • 200ml water
  • ½ tsp garam masala

Method

For the vegetables:

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and add the sliced onions and cumin seeds. Cook for 3 minutes
  2. Add the chopped potato, aubergine, chickpeas, ground coriander, cumin and turmeric. Stir to coat vegetables evenly and then cook over a high heat for 3 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove from pan and set aside.

For the sauce:

  1. Heat the oil in the pan. Add the onion, crushed garlic, grated ginger, cassia bark and whole cloves. Cook for 3 minutes.
  2. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients: chopped plum tomotoes, turmeric, coriander, cumin, salt, sugar and chilli to taste. Cook on a high heat for 2 minutes.
  3. Lower to a medium heat and cook for a further 3 minutes stirring occasionally.
  4. Remove the cassia bark and blend the sauce roughly with a hand blender. Add the vegetables to the sauce along with the finishing ingredients: chopped coriander, the water and the garam masala.
  5. Cook over a low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with Basmati rice and/or naan bread.

Labels: curry, eggplant, balti

Inserted: 2010-05-11 09:55 (1 year, 9 months ago)

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