Aubergine curry with spicy rice recipe
Recipe ingredients:
- For the spicy rice:
- 150 g. / 6 oz. rice
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 bay leaf
- Pinch cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Pinch medium curry powder
- For the curry:
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3/4 aubergine, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 1 green chilli, deseeded and chopped
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh coriander
Recipe method:
- Bring a large pan of water to the boil.
- Add the rice to the pan along with the stock cube, bay leaf, cinnamon, cumin seeds and curry powder.
- Simmer gently for 10 to 12 minutes or until the rice is tender.
- To make the curry, heat the oil in a large saute pan.
- Fry the aubergine, garlic, chilli, curry powder and cumin seeds for 5 minutes to soften.
- Add the tomato and a splash of boiling water and simmer gently for 3 minutes.
- Stir in the corinader and remove from the heat.
- Drain the rice and transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve the curry with the spicy rice.
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