VANKAYA PULUSU
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
This recipe has 2 powders as main ingredient. One is Roasted gram dhal powder and coconut coriander powder.
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: Brinjal Recipies, sidedish
Ingredients
- Green Brinjal - 10 cut to big cubes and put in the water( Replace drumstick or Potatoes of your choice)
- Big onion - 1 sliced
- Red chillies - 3 or 4
- Cummin seeds - 2 tsp
- Roasted gram dhal - 1 ( Make to fine powder)
- Tamarind Paste - 1 1/2 tbsp ( Use according to your sourness level)
- Turmeric - little
- Mustard - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - few
- Ghee - 1/4 tbsp
- Oil - 1/2 tbsp
- Coriander for garnishing....
- Coconut Coriander powder:
- Coconut - 1 tbsp
- Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
- Red chillies - 4
- Fry all the above ingredients in a tsp of oil and make to fine powder.
Directions
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Heat the ghee and oil in the pan.
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Splutter Mustard seeds followed by Cummin seeds and Red chillies.
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Add the Slice onions once it is sauteed until transparent add the Cubed brinjal.
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Saute for few minutes add the curry leaves, turmeric and tamarind paste.
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Add 1 1/4 cup of water, let it boil until the veggies are cooked.
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Now to this mixture add the coconut coriander powder, Roasted Gram dhal powder( mix this in a tbsp of water then add to the above mixture)
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Let it nicely boil for sometime and it get thickened as we have added the dhal powder.
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Now garnish with the coriander leaves.
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Serve with hot Rice, Idli or Dosa.
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Note:
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Adjust the tamarind according to your taste, and the dhal powder according to your thickness.
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Follow the same one for other veggies too.
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You can reduce or increase the red chillies according to your spice level.