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    Home » Vegetarian Side Dishes » E for Eggplant Chops

    E for Eggplant Chops

    Published: Sep 5, 2013 · Modified: Oct 21, 2020 by Srivalli · 27 Comments

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    For the letter E, there was never a need to think of anything else. Amma had made this dish once and I decided this is what I was going to do for E. Of course I had to resort to using the English name for this. Amma called it Kathrikai chops, going by the famous mutton chops. I am told that this dish has the same crazy as the mutton chops would have.

    I am not sure how much this is true as I have never lived in Andhra, however, Andhrites are known for their affinity to Brinjal/ Eggplant. In fact, there is a song dedicated to the goodness and yumminess of brinjals. My daddy is very fond of brinjal and can have it in any form. So I knew he must have loved this dish as well.

    The first time I tasted this, I felt I had to use this for the ABC series. There was no question of using this for any other letter. In fact, this vegetable can fit into so many letters, that it's amazing. One Vegetable and I could have used it for so many letters as it is also called as Aubergine, Brinjal, Eggplant, Garden egg, Melongene, Kathirikai, Vankaya, and if there are more I am not aware!

    Since all my other letters had some options I could've used it for V but it didn't strike me at all. I was fixed on using it as Eggplant as I was running short of options for E. Well as my friends who have been with me on this Dish hunt for each letter, would tell you, you will understand only if you go through it..:)

    End of the day I was happy I selected as this was such a delicious dish and as the bard says, What's in a name!

    For E, we have Eggplant Chops

    Eggplant Chops

    Ingredients Needed:

    For the Chops

    Eggplant - 500 gms
    Salt to taste
    Oil - 100 gms
    Onions - ¼ cup (1/2 of a medium)
    Tomato - ¼ cup
    Water - ½ cup

    For the paste

    Coconut paste - 1 cup
    Ginger - 1 inch
    Garlic  - 3 cloves
    Green chilies - 4 - 5 long
    Cinnamon - 1”

    How to make the Chops

    Grind all the ingredients listed under the paste, to a smooth paste using water.

    Wash and slit the eggplants through the middle into 4 parts, keeping one end intact. Stuff the masala into the eggplants. Keep it aside.

    Heat a nonstick pan with oil, saute the onions till brown, then add tomatoes, once the tomatoes turn soft, add the stuffed eggplant along with the masala. Simmer and cook for 5 mins.

    Then add water and continue cooking till the masala is well cooked and the eggplant turns soft. This takes about 10 mins or so.

    Serve with Chapatis

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    E for Eggplant Chops

    Cuisine Andhra Pradesh
    Author Srivalli
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    Comments

    1. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

      September 05, 2013 at 6:41 pm

      wow so homey and authentic.. I make a similar one...

      Reply
    2. Preeti Garg says

      September 05, 2013 at 6:38 pm

      Look Interesting and delicious

      Reply
    3. veena krishnakumar says

      September 05, 2013 at 6:38 pm

      innoru pudu dish...have so may to try...looks delicious valli!!

      Reply
    4. Priya Suresh says

      September 05, 2013 at 6:46 pm

      When i saw the name i thought it might be a deep fried ones, dunno for me chops means deepfrying..lolz, wonderful looking eggplant chops Valli.

      Reply
    5. divya says

      September 05, 2013 at 7:17 pm

      looks sooo delicious n yummy.

      Reply
    6. Manjula Bharath says

      September 05, 2013 at 8:20 pm

      haven't heard of eggplant chops anywhere 🙂 this looks yummy and interesting recipe dear 🙂

      Reply
    7. vaishali sabnani says

      September 05, 2013 at 11:29 pm

      That is a wonderful way to make eggplants..normally we used to stuff the small size brinjals..but this surely is interesting.will pass the recipe to my daughters as they love them..we don't get them in the house, me being allergic to them.

      Reply
    8. Pavani N says

      September 06, 2013 at 2:19 am

      OMG Valli.. that is such a tempting eggplant dish. You know my love for all things eggplant 🙂 I'm going to try this real soon.

      Reply
    9. Erin from Long Island says

      September 06, 2013 at 4:19 am

      Long time reader, first time poster......you might want to change the first "garlic" in the paste ingredients to ginger. Also...i LOVE this blog!!!!!!!

      Reply
    10. Srivalli says

      September 06, 2013 at 4:36 am

      Erin, thanks for delurking to let me know abt the typo, have updated it. Nice to know you and glad you love blog, thank you..:)

      Reply
    11. nayana says

      September 06, 2013 at 4:43 am

      looks so delicious n spicy...

      Reply
    12. Sandhya Karandikar says

      September 06, 2013 at 9:39 am

      I too love eggplant in every form. Baigan in Hindi, Vaangi in Marathi and Ringna in Gujarati are three more words I can tell you for this very versatile vegetable.
      We too make similar stuffed eggplants but this masala is so very different that I must try it.

      Reply
    13. Sapana Behl says

      September 06, 2013 at 12:57 pm

      Never heard about Eggplant chops but sounds delicious . Am a big fan of Baingan and will try this one for sure..

      Reply
    14. Janani says

      September 06, 2013 at 6:02 pm

      Mutton chops madhiri eggplant chops huh nice name loving the paste ingredients have lot of brinjal at home here comes my dinner recipe thanks for sharing valli ji.

      Reply
    15. Rajani S says

      September 07, 2013 at 2:33 pm

      You are right :), so many name choices for this vegetable :)...Chops look great and I might try it sometime, it looks really good!

      Reply
    16. Harini-Jaya R says

      September 07, 2013 at 10:44 pm

      I am sure the eggplant lovers will appreciate it!

      Reply
    17. Padma Rekha says

      September 08, 2013 at 3:53 pm

      Even I am a big fan of this vege. This recipe is very new to me looks so delicious...

      Reply
    18. Chef Mireille says

      September 08, 2013 at 9:04 pm

      unfortunately eggplant and I dont exist in the same realm - but I'm happy you guys loved it

      Reply
    19. Gayathri Kumar says

      September 10, 2013 at 3:24 am

      I love brinjal in any form. This with the stuffing looks so inviting...

      Reply
    20. Sreevalli E says

      September 10, 2013 at 4:51 am

      always " Yes " for eggplant.. Delicious dish Valli..

      Reply
    21. Padmajha PJ says

      September 10, 2013 at 8:06 am

      A song dedicated to brinjal!wow!! I love brinjal and the name sounds different and I am sure to try this after this BM.

      Reply
    22. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      September 11, 2013 at 11:34 pm

      I love eggplants and your dish is so new...With the abundance of it in my backyard, I should give it a try!

      Reply
    23. Kalyani says

      September 12, 2013 at 11:02 am

      egg plants are so versatile - they lend themselves to so many varieties.. I have a stuffed version coming up at the fag end of this BM

      Reply
    24. Archana Potdar says

      September 12, 2013 at 4:12 pm

      This is new to me. Bookmarking it.
      These eggplants are sure versatile. Love them a lot much to the kids irritation.

      Reply
    25. Foodiliciousnan says

      September 19, 2013 at 9:16 am

      The stuffing part sounds so yummy. I have an aversion to brinjal, so will try using the filling with 'kovakkai'. And i can understand the dilemma of what letter to use it for!

      Reply
    26. Nisha Sundar says

      September 19, 2013 at 1:16 pm

      I love that masala filling. This is sure to go into my to do list.

      Reply
    27. Saraswathi Tharagaram says

      October 03, 2013 at 2:30 pm

      Interesting stuffing and it would have tasted awesome with simple dal rice..

      Reply

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