HOTCHULHA

Ingredients:

• Rice – 1 Cup
• Curry leaves – 1 Stem
• Baigan (Brinjal) – 3 medium – cut into long lengths
• Onion – 1/2 –  cut into long lengths
• Green Chillies – 8 – cut into long lengths
• Peanuts – 1/4 Cup
• Mustard Seed – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Dry Coconut – 2 Inch Pieces
• Urad Dal – 1 Teaspoon
• Chana Dal – 2 Tablespoons
• Turmeric – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Clove Powder – 1 pinch
• Salt – to Taste
• Oil – 3 Tablespoons
• Cilantro – 1 Tablespoon

Method:

1. Cook the rice in 1.5 cups of water and keep it aside.
2. Dry roast the Peanuts, Coconut, Urad dal and Chana Dal individually and grind it to Powder Form and keep it aside.
3. Take a heavy bottom pan and put 3 tablespoons of oil, when the oil is hot, put mustard Seed, Onion, Green Chillies and curry Leaves and saute it for couple of minutes.
4. Now put the Baigan pieces, salt, Turmeric Powder and clove powder and Saute on medium heat till the Baigan cooks through.
5. Mix the ground powder mix with cooked Rice and put this in Baigan pan and mix it well.
6. Garnish it with Cilantro.

This goes well with Raita.