Ingredients:
Ani seed - 2 tbsp
Popi seed - 1 tbsp
coconut (grated) - 1 cup
Brinjal - 5
Onion - 1
Oil - 1/2 cup
turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt to taste.

Directions:
Grind coconut, aniseed, popiseed together into a fine paste.

Shorten the stem. Hold the stem of a brinjal, start from the tip of the brinjal and slit it like a flower. Make sure the stem stays. Put it in water. Do the same for all.

In a fry pan add 1/2 cup oil heat it and add few aniseed(whole). Within 3-5 seconds add chopped onion. Saute it untill golden brown. And then add brinjal. Saute it for 1 min. Add grounded paste, pinch of turmeric power, enough salt and enough water and cook it. After water dryed out put it in sim for at least 10 mins. Turn the brinjal often so that we can fry it evenly. Do this untill oil spilts up.