Stuffed Eggplant in IP / नैवेद्यासाठी भरली वांगी
Maharashtrian Stuffed Eggplant without Onion or Garlic cooked in Instant Pot
- Instant Pot
Eggplant Stuffing
- 8 Eggplants
- 2 cups Freshly grated coconut (I prefer fresh coconut over frozen)
- 1 tbsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1.5 tbsp Goda masala
- Tamarind (size of half small lime)
- 1.5 tbsp Jaggery
- 1/2 cup Cilantro (Coriander) (Chooped)
- Salt (To taste)
For cooking
- 3 Tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Asofoetida (Hing) (1 pinch)
- Curry leaves (Few)
Stuff Eggplants
Give deep slits in the eggplant in a + shape and place them in water
Grind everything in theingredients from coconut to salt (except cilantro ) to a fine paste. Add aslittle water as possible as we want a thick paste
Make sure you add a little extra salt than your usual taste as we won't be adding any additional salt later in the gravy.
Keep the paste aside in a bowl and add fresh finely chopped cilantro
Nowstuff the masala into the eggplants and keep them aside
Cooking instructions
TurnIP in sauté mode more
When the indicator shows hot,add oil followed by mustard seeds, hing, curry leavesand addthe stuffed eggplants
Gentlymix to coat the eggplants andadd the left over stuffing
Mix itall well again gently and also add some water just to cover the eggplants
When the gravy comes to boil, switch off the sauté mode
Manual 4 min sealing on
NPRand check for your gravy’s consistency. If you feel it’s watery, turn the sauté mode back on and let the gravy thicken
Garnish with fresh cilantro
- I also add baby potatoes or small thin skinned potatoes cut in half along with eggplants for my family members who don’t like eggplants
- When directly making this recipe in IP sometime the pressure valve doesn’t rise even if the counter starts. In that case open the IP once counter finishes . Check if eggplants are cooked if not , mix the curry well and then again do manual 4-7min
- If you don’t have Instant pot, you can make the same recipe in a pan or in a pressure cooker but the cook time depends upon the appliance you are using to cook.
