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Wambatu Moju

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Wambatu Moju

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

1

Fry eggplant slices in oil until golden. Drain.

2

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

3

Add turmeric and cook 2 minutes.

4

Add vinegar and palm sugar. Simmer 3 minutes.

5

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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