I'm sure all of you know by now that
eggplant is my favorite vegetable. This is one of my favorite method of
cooking eggplant. Its Jaffnese method i.e. northern Sri Lankan way of cooking
eggplant. Typically I grew up eating this with Pittu for dinner. Pittu is made with red
rice flour and steamed with grated coconut. It looks like couscous but in brown
color. In North we also use Sri Lankan sesame oil to cook this dish. Sesame oil
has a very strong nutty flavor that gets infused to eggplants. Some may not
like strong flavor of sesame oil in which case you can use canola or sunflower
oil. I would say it is an acquired taste.
