HOTCHULHA

Ingredients:

• Purple Baigan (Brinjal – వంకాయలు) – 5
• Onion – 1 Medium – Cut into Chunks
• Tomato – 1 Big – Cut into chunks
• Ginger-garlic Paste – 1 Teaspoon
• Coconut – 2 inch piece.
• Clove Powder – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Tamarind – 2 Inch Piece
• Turmeric Powder – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Red Chillies Powder – 1/2 Teaspoon
• Salt – to taste
• Oil – 2 Table Spoons

Method:

1. In a food processor put the Onion, Tamarind, Coconut, Ginger-garlic paste, clove powder and Tomato and grind it to a paste and keep it aside.
2. In a small pan put 1 cup of water and salt and bring it to a boil.
3. Mean while take the green skin from the brinjal stems and cut long slits and drop these in boiling water and let it boil for 5 minutes.
4. Take a medium size pan and put 2 tablespoons of oil and bring it to the heat and put the ground paste and fry till the oil separates from the paste.
5. Add salt, turmeric and red chillies powder and now put the boiled brinjals and cook them on medium heat till it looks like thick gravy curry.

Serve it with hot white Rice.

Tags: Baigan, brinjal, vankaya