Wambatu Moju

Name: Wambatu Moju
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 4 eggplants, sliced into rounds; oil for frying; 1 onion, sliced; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 3 green chillies; 2 tbsp palm vinegar or white vinegar; 2 tsp palm sugar; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp mustard seeds

Sri Lankan sweet and sour eggplant pickle with vinegar, palm sugar and mustard seeds. Frying the eggplant slices until properly golden before they meet the vinegar and palm sugar gives this pickle its deep flavour, rather than tasting like plain boiled eggplant in syrup.

Total time

35 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Sri Lankan

Vegan

Ingredients

4eggplants, sliced into rounds

oilfor frying

1onion, sliced

3 clovesgarlic, sliced

3green chillies

2 tbsppalm vinegar or white vinegar

2 tsppalm sugar

1/2 tspturmeric

1 tspmustard seeds

Instructions

Fry eggplant slices in oil until golden. Drain.

Fry mustard seeds in a little oil until they pop. Add onion, garlic and chillies.

Add turmeric and cook 2 minutes.

Add vinegar and palm sugar. Simmer 3 minutes.

Add eggplant, toss to coat. Cool and serve at room temperature.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

140

Protein

5.2g

Fat

1.2g

Carbs

33g

Fiber

14.2g

Sodium

11mg

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