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Lakshadweep · Breakfast

Eggplant Rice

Traditional 71. Eggplant Rice recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Cooked rice: 200g
• Baby eggplant: 100g, diced small, cooked until soft
• Onion: 0.5 small (30g), minced
• Turmeric: 0.25g
• Chili powder: 1g
• Coconut oil: 15ml
• Mustard seeds: 0.5 tsp
• Curry leaves: 8 leaves
• Salt: 3g

👩‍🍳 How to make Eggplant Rice

1. Heat oil (160°C), add mustard seeds (crackle 10 sec).
2. Add curry leaves, fry 15 sec.
3. Add onion, cook 1.5 min until golden.
4. Add turmeric and chili powder, stir 20 sec.
5. Add cooked eggplant pieces, cook 1 min stirring gently (should be soft).
6. Add rice, fold for 1 min. Add salt. Visual cue: Eggplant pieces soft and integrated, rice grains separate.
7. Serve hot.
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