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This is a delicious recipe and highly simple one to make.

Ingredients

8 small brinjals
4 green chillies
1 onion
Curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon of ginger/garlic paste
Putnalu pappu powder – 2 tablespoon
Popu or Tadka

1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
1 teaspoon Urad daal
1 teaspoon chana dal
1 teaspoon jeera
2 red chillies
Red chilli powder
Salt
Turmeric

Method

Wash the brinjals properly and cut them lengthwise. Its better to put the cut pieces in salt water as it will help in getting rid of the bitter taste. Cut onions and green chillies and keep it aside.
Take a deep pan and add some vegetable oil. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add chana dal, urad dal, jeera and red chillies. Keep stirring and after they become a little brownish in color, add onion, green chillies and curry leaves. Add ginger garlic paste. Let the onions cook for a while. Keep stirring it until onions become soft and translucent.

Add the brinjal pieces and stir so that the pieces are covered with oil. Let them cook for a while. After they become a little bit tender, add salt, red chilli powder and a pinch of turmeric. Again for next 10 mintutes, cover it with lid and let it cook.
In the end when the pieces are properly cooked, add the putnalu powder and mix it well. You can add an extra teaspoon of oil because the powder will absorb the oil. Cook for 5 minutes and more and thats it its done! Serve hot with rice or chapati! Enjoy!

Today’s special recipe is brinjal or vankai pacchadi. I remember whenever my mom used to make this chutney in the kitchen..i could recognize the smell from the distance..and i used to just pick a plate..put some rice and thats it..wait wait till the chutney is complete. Best thing about this chutney is the lemon flavour and that tantilising taste of roasted brinjal. 

Basic ingredients are big oval shaped brinjal ,green chillies, dry red chillies,urad dal,mustard seeds
jeera, methi seeds,hing powder, a pinch of turmeric

For more detailed recipe, please email at saroja@kitchen-kollections.com