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	| Yield: 6 servings | 1 |  | ½-inch-round ball tamarind |  | ¼ | cups | -Boiling water |  | 1 | lb | Thin, long eggplant |  | 3 | tablespoon | Light vegetable oil |  | 1½ | teaspoon | Minced garlic |  | 2 | teaspoon | Ground coriander |  | ¼ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |  | 1/8 | teaspoon | Ground cloves |  | ½ | cups | Packed flaked coconut |  |  |  | -- fresh or canned, |  |  |  | -- unsweetened |  | 1 | teaspoon | Cayenne pepper (or more) |  | ½ | teaspoon | Coarse salt; or to taste |  | 2 | tablespoon | Unsulphured molasses |  | ½ | teaspoon | Black mustard seeds | 
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