Baby Brinjals in Durham

Chef Preeti Waas's stuffed baby brinjals at Cheeni are the dish that appears in virtually every review of the restaurant: small, sweet aubergines filled with spiced chickpea and coconut, cooked to collapse in a tamarind gravy. The dish represents Waas's South Indian training applied to North Carolina aubergines sourced from local farms. It is available on both the omnivore and the vegetarian menus, making it the most emblematic Cheeni order for first-time visitors.

The editor-picked rooms for Baby Brinjals in Durham are still in research. Meanwhile, see the Durham signature-dishes index or the Durham food guide.