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    Brinjal Moju Recipe

    December 15, 2021 by Raks Anand Leave a Comment / Jump to Recipe

    Brinjal moju is a Sri Lankan style curry with shallots, green chilli and mustard as main ingredients. Check out my take on this delicious recipe.

    Brinjal moju
    Brinjal moju

    Brinjal can be cooked in various ways as accompaniment for rice, as part of your lunch.

    This is also another wonderful find my BIL that he shared, and we had with this pachai puli rasam recipe. As a brinjal lover, I enjoyed it. Vj too told it was too good with rasam.

    To be frank I liked the name of the recipe in first place that made me to try, apart from the fact I love brinjal.

    Disclaimer: I adapted the recipe to suit my own family preference and taste, so the ratio of ingredients may vary vastly from the authentic recipe.

    Jump to:
    • 📝 Ingredients
    • 📸 Instructions
    • 📖 Variations
    • 🍶 Storage
    • 👩‍🍳 My notes
    • Recipe card

    📝 Ingredients

    Here are the ingredients used for the recipe

    Ingredients for Brinjal moju
    • Brinjal
    • Shallots (Small onion)
    • Garlic
    • Green chilli
    • Ginger garlic paste
    • Red chilli powder
    • Mustard powder
    • Vinegar
    • Curry leaves
    • Sugar

    See recipe card for quantities and full list.

    📸 Instructions

    1. Wash and slice brinjals firstly. Marinate by coating with turmeric and salt.
    marinate with salt, turmeric

    2. Set aside for 15 minutes.

    coat well

    3. After that, gently mix by squeezing without too much pressure. Squeeze the excess water.

    squeeze

    4. Set the squeezed brinjals aside.

    brinjal moju

    Deep frying

    5. Mean while, heat enough oil for deep frying. Using a strainer ladle, give shallots a dip.

    shallots

    6. Just few seconds, drain from oil over kitchen towel.

    fried shallots

    7. After that, dip garlic and green chilli quickly in the oil next. Drain over paper towel.

    fried garlic, chilli

    8. Lastly fry brinjals in batches until golden.

    deep fry brinjal
    frying brinjal

    9. Drain over paper towel and set aside.

    fried golden
    ingredients for brinjal moju

    Mix together

    10. After that, place all the ingredients under 'Mix together' to get a spice paste.1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste, ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder, ½ teaspoon Vinegar, ½ teaspoon Mustard powder

    spices
    spice mix

    Tossing

    11. After that, heat a pan with oil. Add curry leaves to it and fry until crisp.

    curry leaves in a pan

    12. Then, add the paste prepared with couple of tablespoons of water.

    masala

    13. After that, add sugar and a little bit of salt. Cook until oil oozes.

    oil oozes

    14. Then, in goes the fried items.

    add fried items

    15. Mix together until the spices coat well.

    mix

    16. Once evenly mixed, switch off the flame.

    moju ready

    Brinjal moju ready! Serve as accompaniment for rice.

    Brinjal moju recipe
    Brinjal moju

    📖 Variations

    After I knew the recipe, I saw few recipes in Youtube. There are many versions available. You can adapt any one to suit your taste.

    • Shallots - add sliced large onions to swap.
    • Vinegar - add tamarind juice or tomatoes for tanginess with reduced vinegar

    See this authentic version of this recipe if you are looking for more details.

    🍶 Storage

    Brinjal moju can be store in refrigerator for couple of days. Authentic dish with more vinegar can be stored up to 5 days when handled well.

    👩‍🍳 My notes

    • I reduced the vinegar as personally we don't like the flavor it imparts in the dish. We even avoid Indian pickles with vinegar.
      So as the authentic recipe suggests, it is a pickle with balanced taste of more vinegar and sugar along with salt, spice.
      This is vastly a drier version to suit my family preference.
    • Even the shallots are kept more crunchier in the original recipe. I went ahead and slightly fried than needed yet maintained the crunchiness.
    • 2 long variety brinjals will be perfect for the recipe. It has less seeds as well as does not turn dark soon like the one I have used (India purple brinjal)
    brinjal moju
    Brinjal Moju

    Recipe card

    brinjal moju
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    Brinjal moju recipe

    Brinjal moju is a Sri Lankan style curry with shallots, green chilli and mustard as main ingredients. Check out my take on this delicious recipe.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Fusion, Sri Lankan
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Resting time 15 minutes
    Total Time 50 minutes
    Servings 3
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 8 Brinjal I used small purple ones
    • ¼ cup Shallots Small onion
    • 8 cloves Garlic
    • 2 Green chilli
    • 1 teaspoon Sugar
    • Salt
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • Oil For deep frying + tossing

    Mix together

    • 1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
    • ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard powder
    • ½ teaspoon Vinegar
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    Instructions

    • Wash and slice firstly. Marinate by coating with turmeric and salt.
    • Set aside for 15 minutes.
    • After that, gently mix by squeezing without too much pressure. Squeeze the excess water.
    • Set the squeezed brinjals aside.

    Deep frying

    • Heat enough oil for deep frying. Using a strainer ladle, give shallots a dip.
    • Just few seconds, drain from oil over kitchen towel.
    • Dip garlic and green chilli quickly in the oil next. Drain over paper towel.
    • Lastly fry brinjals in batches until golden.
    • Drain over paper towel and set aside.

    Mix together

    • Place all the ingredients under 'Mix together' to get a spice paste.
      1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste, ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder, ½ teaspoon Vinegar, ½ teaspoon Mustard powder

    Tossing

    • Heat a pan with 1 tablespoon of oil. Add curry leaves to it and fry until crisp.
    • Now, add the paste prepared with couple of tablespoons of water.
    • Add sugar and a little bit of salt. Cook until oil oozes.
    • In goes the fried items.
    • Mix together to coat well.
    • Once evenly mixed, switch off the flame.

    Video

    Notes

    • I reduced the vinegar (and the other ingredient's proportion) as personally we don't like the flavor it imparts in the dish. We even avoid Indian pickles with vinegar.
    • Since we are marinating the brinjal with salt, add very little salt later while tossing.
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