Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 md Aubergine; cubed
-(large is better, though)
1 pn Salt and black pepper
4 tb Vegetable oil or vegetable
-ghee
3/4 ts Poppy seeds
1 ts Mustard seeds
1 pn Cayenne
1/4 ts Turmeric
3/4 ts Garam masala
1/4 ts Ground coriander
1 Red pepper; seeded sliced
3 oz Butter beans; cooked
2 Tomatoes; skinned, seeded
- chopped
8 oz Long grained brown rice;
-cooked with saffron
1 oz Toasted pine nuts
1 oz Raisins
1 Coriander sprig for garnish*

Place the aubergine cubes in a colander, sprinkle with salt and leave
for 30 minutes. Rinse the cubes and dry. Heat the oil or ghee in a
large pan. Add the poppy and mustard seeds and cook for 2 minutes,
stirring. Add the cayenne pepper, turmeric, garam masala, coriander,
aubergine, red pepper, beans, tomatoes and salt and pepper. Cover and
cook for about 10 minutes. Layer the rice and vegetable mixture in an
ovenproof dish. Cover and cook in a preheated moderate oven (180~C,
350~F, Gas Mark 4) for 30 minutes. To serve:

Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and raisins. Garnish with a coriander
sprig and serve hot.

* I've never used sprig of coriander - can't stand it unless it's
ground coriander, from a packet! It's called cilantro in the US,
isn't it?

This recipe from Carole Bowen's book "The Vegetarian Cookbook", I
think.

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