Bagara Baingan

Ingredients:
7 to 9 brinjals
1 cup of groundnuts
2 tbs sesame seeds
small qty of cocount
1 stick of cinnamon
4 cloves
1 tbs of coriander pdr
1 tbs cumin pdr
few elachi
Oil for frying
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 onion
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
few g. chilli
ginger & garlic paste
tamarind juice 

small piece jaggery

Cut the brinjals into four parts but don't cut off the ends
Immediately put them in oil, fry slowly stirring occasionally till they are 70% softened.

Fry peanuts fully dont burn (add oil optionally) then add sesame seeds fry till the colour changes. Before you turn off the stove add coconut. Grind into a paste.
Heat large pot of oil fry whole garam masala, add continuously mustard, cumin and fenugreek seeds. When they start to splatter add onions, curry leafs, turmeric, g&g paste.
Now add masalas (powders) one by one, and add the grounded paste with water cook for 15 min, you have to slow flame otherwise it will burn.
Add tamrind, and jaggery and cook till oil oozes out.
Add the fried bringals into the gravy
Wait for few mins, then serve hot with rice, pulaos, and chapatis and even with biryanis.