Grind together chilly powder, garlic, coconut, roasted gram, salt, cumin seeds and coriander powder into a fine powder.
Wash the brinjals, wipe them using a dry cloth and cut the stalk of the brinjals.
Cut the brinjals on four sides.
:- Do not cut the brinjal completely into 4 pieces. Just split the brinjals.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add brinjals and shallow fry them, till they become soft.
Remove them from the pan.
Stuff the brinjals with the above masala.
Fry the onions, till they turn golden brown in colour.
Add remaining masala along with the stuffed brinjals.
Saute them for about 10 mins.