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Thai Eggplant curry (Sri Lankan Ela Batu curry)

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi September 30, 2013
Thai Eggplant curry-(Sri Lankan Ela Batu curry-Thalana Batu Curry)

This is another Sri Lankan Curry with Thai eggplants. In Sri Lanka we call it as ela batu or thalana batu.However the type of eggplants we found in Sri Lanka is bit smaller. Recently I found some Thai eggplants and wanted to try those in a curry as we didn’t taste this for some time.

Thai Eggplant -Ela Batu -Thalana Batu
I remember my mother used a polythene bag and keep the eggplants inside. Then tap on eggplants using some heavy thing. After that, she puts the eggplants into water, an easy way to remove the seeds. But these eggplants are larger & I used a knife to cut them. No much effort to clean the eggplants!
Thai Eggplant curry-(Sri Lankan Ela Batu curry-Thalana Batu Curry)
Here is the recipe for Sri Lankan style eggplant curry.(ela batu)
Thai Eggplant curry-(Sri Lankan Ela Batu curry-Thalana Batu Curry)

 

Ingredients: (for 3-4 servings)
250g Thai eggplant (ela batu)
1 medium Onion
2 cloves Garlic
3-4 Green chilli
½ tspn mustard seeds
1 tspn curry powder
½ tspn turmeric powder
1 tbsp Chilli powder
¼ tspn fenugreek seeds
Piece of cinnamon
1 sprig Curry Leave
2 inch piece of Pandan leave
Salt to taste
2 tbspn Oil
1 tbspn Maldive fish (optional)
½ cup thick coconut milk
Method
Wash and remove the stems of eggplants. Cut egg plants and remove the seeds. Add into water while cutting.
Remove the seeds thoroughly. Slice into bite size pieces and add into water till all sliced.
Squeeze the water and mix some turmeric powder (1/4 tspn) with eggplants & keep it aside.
Slice onion, green chilli and garlic.
Heat a pan with 2-3 tbspn oil. Add mustard seeds & let it fry.
Once mustard seeds start splutter, add onion, garlic, green chilli, and curry leaf and pandan leave.
Sauté until onions are golden colour. Then add sliced eggplants and mix well. Fry till eggplants are tender.
Then add curry powder, chili powder, fenugreek seeds and cinnamon stick & mix well.
Add Maldive fish at this stage.(optional)
Add coconut milk and simmer till eggplants are cooked well.
Add salt as per taste.

Serve with rice & enjoy!

Thai Eggplant curry-(Sri Lankan Ela Batu curry-Thalana Batu Curry)
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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi

Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She is a Sri Lankan living in Singapore and shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She is the founder of Sihela Consultants. (www.sihelaconsultants.com) She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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7 comments

Rafeeda AR September 30, 2013 - 10:37 am

i’m seeing green eggplants for the first time!!! is it that rare?? dunno… the curry looks delicious…

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Sanoli Ghosh September 30, 2013 - 10:45 am

OMG! Very flavorful eggplant curry. Will tryout soon.

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Amelia September 30, 2013 - 10:47 am

Hi Amila, the eggplant curry look delightful. I don’t mind to have extra rice to polish off the gravy. :))

Have a nice day.

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Sapana Behl September 30, 2013 - 11:12 am

I haven’t use the green one . This curry tempts me to use it now…

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Subha Subramanian September 30, 2013 - 1:48 pm

Perfectly made.Lovely curry.Looks yum

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Manjula Bharath October 1, 2013 - 5:39 am

wow wow such an yummy and inviting curry 🙂 make me drool over here 🙂 very very tempting one dear !!

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Veena Theagarajan October 1, 2013 - 10:59 am

Interesting curry.. so flavourful tempting

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