With eggplant for body.
The curry is actually a spice blend for chana masala. In poem form:
Coriander green, mango pucker,
chili, cumin, cinnamon, ginger --
-- pop, pop, pop, pop!
sweet musk melon, mint.
Flavor and fenugreek,
cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon,
bay, leaf, carda-
mom,
cara-
way,
mace.
Plus a sulfuric something, from the salt.