Bidisha's Corner

Friday 30 May 2014

Stuffed Brinjal/ Gutti Vankaya

Its a special South Indian recipe mostly famous in Andhra Pradesh. Its a must  vegetarian dish in every family gathering and special ocassions.

INGREDIENTS:
Baby Brinjals / Egg Plant (500gms).
Onions chopped (1 cup).
Chopped Tomatoes (1 cup).
Ginger- Garlic paste(1 TBs).
Mustard seeds( a pinch), Fenugreek seeds(a pinch), Dry Red chillies (4-5).
Seasum seeds (2 TBs), Peanut (a fistfull), Poppy seeds( 1 TBs) all together ground to powder.
Turmeric powder ( a pinch), Chilli powder (1 tsp), Cumin powder (1 tsp), Coriander powder (1 tsp).
Salt to taste, curry leaves.
Oil and ghee.

PROCEDURE:
Cut brinjals into 4 slices but not to full, do not cut the nod, now stuff the brinjals with powder made of seasum, peanut and poppy seeds and fry them  in deep oil in wok, and keep aside remaining powder.
Now remove excess oil and let the remaining oil be in the wok for following proceedings. Add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and dried chillies and let them pop and let it spread th aroma. Now add onions and saute them till golden brown, now add  chopped tomatoes, salt, ginger-garlic paste and saute them well till oil leaves the walls of pan. Now add remaining powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder and saute well, add water so that ingredients dont get burn. Now as the water starts to boil add fried stuffed brinjals and add curry leaves to it. Now add garam masala powder and little ghee, stir well and off the flame. Serve it hot with steamed rice or tamarind rice(puliohara).

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