Brinjal And Date Curry

Ingredients
Small round brinjals 300 gms
Dates 8tomato a big one
Tamarind a marble sizeShallots ½ cup
Green chillis 8
Sugar 1 dspOil 4 dspto be ground
Skin of 8dry chillis
Garlic 10

Method
Clean the dates, cut into two removing the seeds. Cut the brinjals into 4 and put them in salted water. Soak and take out the juice of the tamarind in 1 cup of water, adding the sugar to it.
Heat the oil and sauté the brinjal after wiping it dry. Stir for 5 minutes. Put the shallots and the dates, stir well. Put the ground ingredients and fry. Cut the firm tomatoes into thick long pieces and add to the curry. Stir for 2 minutes. Pour the tamarind water and salt to taste and allow the curry to simmer on a slow fire till the gravy is thick and the brinjal is cooked.