vankaya vepudu | eggplant curry | brinjal rice recipe

Andhra style Brinjal fry tastes delicious and can be served with rice,roti and simple sidedish for rasam,sambar.

Note: Always choose fresh brinjal and after chopping keep them in salted water until they are used to cook

Ingredients:

Brinjal-500grms

Onion-1big size

Pea nut-4tbsp

Coriander seeds-1tbsp

Cumin seeds-1tsp

Red chilli powder-1.5tsp

Garlic-4 cloves

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Salt-1.5tsp

Chana dal-1/2tsp

Mustard seeds-1/2tsp

Broken red chilli-1

Urid dal split-1/2tsp

Cumin seeds-1/2sp

Curry leaves-2tsp

Coriander leaves-2tbsp

Method:

1.Heat the pan

2.Dry roast peanut,coriander leaves,cumin seeds add them into mixer jar and red chilli powder and garlic cloves and coarsely grind them

3.Wash and cut brinjal to pieces. Add them into salted water.this will prevents brinjal from discoloring

4.Heat oil in the pan

5.Add mustard seeds,urid dal split, chana dal,cumin seeds,broken red chilli,curry leaves and sliced onion fry unlil raw smell goes away.

6.Add chopped brinjal,salt and turmeric powder mix them once.

7.Cover and cook on the low flame until brinjal soft

8.When brinjal is soft add ground powder and coriander leaves and mix them very carefully.

9.cover and cook another 2min then brinjal will absorb all the flavors and aromatic.

Finally serve with rice,roti and also side dish for sambar,rasam and curd rice.