Dinner: Eggplant Makhani - By VahChef @ VahRehVah.com

Makhani is a Hindustani word meaning "with butter". It is used in the names of several dishes from Punjabi cuisine: fried baby Eggplant cooked in this gravy combines good taste and served with naan ,or hot plain rice. http://www.vahrehvah.com/egg-plant-makhani Ingredients: Onions 350g Cashew nuts ¼ cup Kashmiri red chilly 150 g Green chilly 75g Salt Butter ½ cup Tomatoes 1500 g Sugar 2 ts Whole garam masala (each) 8g Ginger garlic paste 1 tb Kasoori methi 1/8 cup Eggplant (big) 2 n Cream 1 ts Directions: Add whole garam masala in the muslin cloth and tie it .Heat butter in a pressure cooker and put the garam masala sachet in it, add onions cashew nuts, sauté it for 5 minutes, then add salt, ginger garlic paste, cook this till raw flavor is gone. Add color giving chilli or Kashmiri red chilly, green chilly, tomatoes, mix it well and put the lid on and let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes in a slow flame (5 to 6 whistles). Let it cool down, remove the sachet & using strainer drain out the water and put the onion and tomato into the blender and blend them and make a paste and again strain it, after straining all, discard the seeds and peels of tomato. Cook the strained paste of tomatoes and onions for 20 minutes then add salt, sugar as required , mix it and add toasted kasoori methi (crush it with hands) once it comes to boil switch off the flame. Cool it and store in small containers in refrigeration conditions. Use this makhani gravy in many veg and non veg dishes. Take eggplant cut them into thick slices. Heat oil in a tawa add eggplant thick slices, add salt, cook this in a slow flame on both sides till eggplant is golden in color, Heat butter in a pan add makhani gravy mix it well and once it comes to boil add cream mix it well and drop the eggplant pieces, cook for some time and switch off the flame. Serve this with chapati or rice. http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=vahchef you can find detailed recipes at my website and also find many videos with recipes at http://www.vahrehvah.com/ simple easy and quick recipes and videos of Indian Pakistani and Asian Oriental foods "Reach vahrehvah at - Website - http://www.vahrehvah.com/ Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=vahchef Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VahChef.SanjayThumma Twitter - https://twitter.com/vahrehvah Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116066497483672434459 Flickr Photo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/23301754@N03/ Linkedin - http://lnkd.in/nq25sW Picasa Photos- http://picasaweb.google.com/118141140815684791742 Stumleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/vahrehvah Tumblr http://vahrehvah.tumblr.com/ Blogger - http://vahrehvah.blogspot.in/"

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