Gutti Vankaya Curry

• 4–6brinjals (young eggplants)
• 1 tspginger garlic paste — or grated ginger or grated garlic
• ¾ cuponions — small, thinly sliced or chopped, 1
• ½ cuptomato — chopped, 1, optional
• 1–2green chilies — slit
• 1–1½ tbsplemon juice — or tamarind paste
• 1 sprigcurry leaves
• ¼ tspmustard seeds
• ½ tspcumin seeds
• 2–3 tbspoil
• ¾ cupwater
• ¼ tspsalt
• ⅛ tspturmeric
• 2 tbspcoriander leaves — chopped

To stuff

• 4–6dried red chilies — or red chili powder
• ¼ cuppeanuts
• 2 tbspraw coconut — or unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1–2 tbspwhite sesame seeds — optional
• 1 tbspcoriander seeds — or ground coriander
• ¾ tspcumin seeds — or ground
• 1 inchcinnamon piece
• 3cloves
• 2green cardamom
• ½ tspsalt