Spicy Eggplant In Ginger-Tamarind Sauce

Ingredients

• .00 1/2-inch-round ball tamarind
  1 unit
• .25 c -Boiling water
  0 unit
• .00 lb Thin

  long Eggplant
  1 unit
• .00 tb Light vegetable oil
  3 unit
• .50 ts Minced garlic
  1 unit
• .00 ts Ground coriander
  2 unit
• .25 ts Ground cinnamon
  0 unit
• .13 ts Ground cloves
  0 unit
• .50 c Packed flaked coconut -- fresh or canned

  -- unsweetened
  0 unit
• .00 ts cayenne pepper (or more)
  1 unit
• .50 ts coarse salt; or to taste
  0 unit
• .00 tb Unsulphured molasses -OR- brown sugar
  2 unit
• .50 ts black mustard seeds --GINGER-tamarind SAUCE---
  0 unit
• -tamarind residue from above
  1 unit
• .50 c -Boiling water
  0 unit
• .50 ts cornstarch
  0 unit
• .00 tb Shredded fresh ginger
  1 unit