Bijni Curry (Aubergines)

Bijni curry: small aubergines simmered with onions, tomatoes and spices — a very simple vegetarian curry.

Ingredients

  • 6 small aubergines
  • 3 onions
  • 3 small tomatoes
  • curry leaves, mustard seeds
  • chilli powder, turmeric
  • sunflower oil

Preparation

  1. Cut the aubergines into long pieces and wash them; slice the onions.
  2. Heat the oil and add, in order: mustard seeds, curry leaves, onion, tomatoes, aubergines, chilli powder, turmeric. Simmer until the aubergines are meltingly tender.
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Dhāraņā

Dhāraņā

in the Yogasūtra, dhāraņā is the sixth limb (aṅga) of Aṣṭāṅgayoga and represents the power of concentration, maintaining one's mind on a single point.
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