Masal Vadai [ Parupu Vadai ]

Ingredients:

• Bengal gram dhal - 1 cup
• Finely chopped onions - 1 / 4 cup
• Green chillies - 5 to 6
• Crushed ginger - 1 tsp. [ optional ]
• Chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves - 2 tabl . sp
• Salt - as per taste
• Oil - enough to deep fry.

Method:
Soak dal in water for 2 hours. Then drain water completely and grind with  4 green  chili  to coarse paste. Add salt, chopped onion, green chili [ finely chopped ], coriander leaves, curry leaves and mix well. Then make lemon sized balls, flatten and deep fry in oil [ 7 to 8 vadais can be deep fried at a time or till oil holds.] When the both sides becomes golden brown and crisp, remove from the oil. serve hot with coconut chutney.

Variations:
Grind red chili, cumin seeds, asafoetida and few small onions together. Mix with ground dal paste. Add drumstick leaves and aniseed. Make vadai as mentioned previously. Finely chopped mint leaves or any other greens can be added.

Methi Mutter Malai [ sabji ]

Ingredients:

• Methi leaves - 1 cup [ chopped ]
• Green peas [ mutter ] - 1/2 cup [ boiled ]
• Salt - as per paste
• Cashewnuts - 10 to 15
• Ghee - 3 tabl . sp
• Oil - 2 tabl .sp
• Garlic - 2 flakes
• Green chili - 2 to 3
• Onion - 1 [ big diced ]
• Ginger - 1 tiny piece
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Fresh cream - 1 / 2 cup

Grind together:
Grind onion, ginger, garlic, green chillie, & cashews together in mixcer to form a fine paste & keep aside.

Method:
First take one bowl & put methi, mutter along with enough water & boil for 5 mints. Then drain the water & soak them in cold water for about 5 mins [it helps maintaining the green colour]. Then drain the water & grind  [do not grind fine grind coarse ] in the mixer. Then take one small cooker, keep on the gas & put some butter and oil together and fry the grind masala for 5 mins in lower flame. If the oil leaves the sides, add the grind methi mutter mixture to that along with salt, sugar. Add little water, fresh cream & mix well. When it starts boiling, close the cooker & wait for 2 whistles to come. Then remove from the gas, after the pressure goes open the  cooker. Serve with naan, parata & roti.

Pule Engi Pickle

Ingredients:

• Tender ginger - 1/4 kg [ cut into tiny pieces ]
• Green chili - 3 to 4 [ cut into small pieces ]
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
• Red chili powder - 4 to 5 tbl sp
• Jaggery - 2 tbl sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 sp
• Fenugreek - 1 tsp
• Seasame oil - 1/4 cup
• Tamarind plup - 2 cups

Method:
Take one deep mouth vessel, keep on the gas &  pour 1/4 cup oil,  heat it & add mustard seeds, asafoetida, dry red chili to that. When the mustard seeds splutter, add green chili, add cut ginger to that & fry for 5 mins. Keep the gas in lower flame. Add salt, turmeric, red chili powder & jaggery at the end. Pour the tamarind plup & mix well. Allow to boil for 15 mins till the ginger becomes soft & the mixture becomes thick. Dry roast fenugreek [ 1 tsp ] & powder it. Add to the pickle after removing from the flame. Store it in dry container. Use within 10 days. If you keep it in the refrigerator you can use it for a month. Serve with curd rice.

Party Pulav

Ingredients:

• Basmati rice - 1 cup
• Carrot - 1/4 cup [ cut into 1/2 inch length ]
• French beans - 1/4 cup [ cut into 1/2 inch length ]
• Fresh peas - 1/4 cup
• Bay leaf - 1
• Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
• Clove - 2
• Cardamom - 3
• Cumin seeds - 1 sp
• Cashews - 10
• Raisins - 10
• Lemon juice - 1 tbl sp
• Sugar - 1/2 sp
• Fresh cream - 2 tbl sp
• Ghee - 2 tbl sp
• Oil - 2 tbl sp

Method:
Wash & soak the rice for 20 mins. Take one pressure pan heat oil & ghee together. Add cumin seeds, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, bay leaf, cashews & raisins & fry for 2 mins. When the cashews becomes brown, add the cut vegetables, salt, sugar, lemon juice along with soaked rice & 2 cups of water. Before closing the lid, mix fresh cream to that & close the cooker. Wait for 2 whistles to come.Then remove from the gas. After the pressure goes, open the cooker & enjoy the pulav. Serve hot with dal fry or other side dishes.

Puthu Kottai Sambhar

Ingredients:

• Ash gourd [ white pumpkin ] - 1/2 cup [ cut into dices ]
• Yam [elephant ] Senai - 1/2 cup [ cut into dices ]
• Yellow pumpkin - 1/2 cup [ cut into dices ]
• Tamarind paste - 1 sp
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Green chili - 2 to 3
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup
• Raw rice - 1 / 2 sp
• Methi seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Coconut oil - 2 tabl . sp
• Curry leaves - little
• Sugar or jaggery - 1 sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• dry red chilli - 1 [ broken ]

Method:
Take one pressure cooker, keep on the gas and add cut vegetables along with tamarind paste, salt, turmeric powder, sugar & enough water. Mix well & close the cooker & wait for 1 whistle to come. Meanwhile, grind the coconut & green chili in the mixer. Grind it to a smooth paste.When the pressure goes, open the cooker & add the grinded masala to that. If the kuzambu is thick add little water. Before removing, dry roast the rice & methi seeds. Make powder in mixer & add it to the kuzambu. Allow to boil for 10 mins in lower flame. Then season in coconut oil with mustard seeds & broken red chili. Garnish with fresh curry leaves. Serve with hot rice.

Puries

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 2 cups [ heaped ]
• Salt - as per taste
• Sugar - 1 / 4 tsp
• Ghee or vanaspathi - 1 tsp
• Milk or malai - 2 tsp
• Water - for kneading the dough
• Oil - enough for frying

Method:
Sieve (utensil used for straining) flour with salt. Mix sugar & ghee with the flour in a mixing bowl. Gradually add milk or malai, water & kneed to a soft dough. Keep for 5 mins. Then make small balls & speard  into  small puries. Deep fry in hot oil till golden brown on both sides. Serve hot with channa.

P.S: Little sugar is necessary for the puries to puff up well & to keep it crisp.

Ivy gourd, Little gourd [ kovakkai ] Dry Subji

Ingredients:

• Tender little gourd [ kovakkai ] - 1/2 kg.
• Raw pea nuts - 1 handful
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
• Red chili powder - 1 tsp
• Dosai milagai podi - 1 tsp
• Grated fresh coconut - 2 tbl sp
• Oil - 4 tbl sp
• Curry leaves - little
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Broken black gram dal - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 1/2 sp
• Cut coriander leaves - little

Ingredients for dry masala powder:

• Coriander seeds - 1 sp
• Bengal gram dal - 1/2 sp
• Broken black gram dal - 1/2 sp
• Dry red chili - 4 to 5
• White seaseame seeds - 1/2 sp
• Roasted peanuts - 1 sp
• curry leaves - little
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 sp

[ fry all these ingredients in 2 sps of oil till it turns into gloden colour. Then make powder in mixer & keep aside]

Method:
Cut the little gourd in to round thin pieces. Soak 1 handful of peanuts in the water. Then keep one kadai on the gas, pour 2 sp of oil to that, heat it & add mustard seeds, broken black gram dal, curry leaves, when it splutters add  kovakkai along with soaked peanuts to that, fry for 3 mins, add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, dosai melagai podi, sugar  & mix well. Keep gas in lower flame.When the sabji becomes soft & peanuts are boiled, add the grind dry masala powder to that & mix well. Put 2 sps of  fresh grated coconut &  mix well. Before removing from the gas garnish with cut coriander leaves & curry leaves.Your sabji is ready. Have it with rasam, sambhar rice.

Jain Channa Masala [ without onion & garlic ]

Ingredients:

• White kabuli channa - 1/2 kg. [ soaked in water for 8 hours ]
• Red tomato - 3 to 4
• Water melon seeds - 2 tbl sp
• Cashews - 6 to 7
• White seasame seeds - 1 tbl sp
• Poppy seeds - 1 tbl sp
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Salt - as per taste
• turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Red chili powder - 1 sp
• Everest channa masala powder - 1 1/2 sp
• Sugar - 1/2 sp
• Chopped corinder leaves - little

For wet masala:
Take one deep mouth vessel, pour some water, put tomatoes, cashews, poppy seeds, seasame seeds, water
melon seeds, 1 handful boiled channa,  ginger & keep on the gas. Boil nicely for 10 mins. Then remove from the gas, allow it to cool & grind it to a smooth paste & keep aside.

Method:
First wash the channa & add salt, turmeric powder, pour enough water & pressure cook in a cooker. [3 to 4 whistles] Then remove the channa from the cooker & keep aside. Keep the same cooker on the gas, pour 2 tbl sp of oil & add cumin seeds. When the seeds spulters add grind masala to that along with red chili powder, channa masala powder, sugar & mix well in a lower flame. If the gravy is thick add little water. Fry for 5 mins & add the boiled channa with the water. Mix well, check the salt & close the cooker. Wait for 1 whistle to come, then keep the gas in lower flame for 20 mins. Then remove from the gas. After the pressure goes, open the cooker & mix well. Your tasty channa masala is ready. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with puries.

Potato Sag

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 1/2 kg.
• Curds - 1/2 cup
• Tamarind paste - 1/2 sp
• Oil - 3 tbl sp
• Green chilies - 2
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 sp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
• Red chilie powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Garam masala powder - 1/2 sp

Method:

Boil potatoes & peel the skin. Mash 2 potatoes alone & dice other potatoes. Then heat oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds. When it splutters, add split chilies, turmeric, red chilie powder & garam masala in the oil . Fry for 2 seconds & add curd, mix well and add potatoes and tamarind paste. Fry well till oil separates. Garnish with cut coriander leaves. Have it with roti, bread & hot rice.

Keerai Milakoottal

Ingredients:

• Palak [ spinach ] - 2 bunches [ wash & cut finely ]
• Moong dal or toor dal - 1 / 2 cup
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Salt - as required
• Curry leaves - little

For wet grinding:

• Grated  fresh coconut - 1 cup
• Cumin seeds - 1/4 sp
• Dry red chillies - 2

For seasoning:

• Coconut oil - 2 tbl sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dal - 1 tsp

Method :

Cook palak for 5 mins adding very little water & turmeric powder. Then wash & cook moong dal till tender or pressure cook toor dal adding enough water. Grind together coconut, cumin seeds, dry red chili to a fine paste. Add the cooked  palak & blend for 2 mins. Mixed the grind mixture with the cooked dal. Add salt, turmeric powder & boil well. If  you want add  required  water at  this stage [make it to kuzambu constency]. Then season with mustard seeds, urad dal & curry leaves in coconut oil. Serve hot with rice.

Mysore Iyengar Milagu Rasam

Ingredients:

• Dal water - 2 cups [ strained from cooked tur daal ]
• Lemon - 1 or 2
• Curry leaves - as required
• Thick coconut extract - 2 tabl . sp
• Sugar - little
• Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tabl . sp
• Salt - as per taste

Dry roast & powder:

• Red chilies - 3 or 4
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Black broken dhal - 1 tsp
• Bengal gram dhal - 1tsp
• Pepper - 1 /4 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Rice or wheat - 1/2 sp

Method:

Dilute dal water with another two cups of water. Add salt, sugar & powdered spices & bring to boil. Then add coconut extract & remove from the gas. Squeeze lemon & garnish with coriander, curry leaves. Your mysore iyengar milagu rasam is ready to serve.

Poricha Kuzambu

Ingredients:

• Diced chow- small pieces
• or white pumpkin - 2 cups
• Snake gourd cut into small pieces - 1 cup
• Brinjal cut into small pieces - 1/4 cup
• Raw banana cut into dices - 1/4 cup
• Drumstick - 1 cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• Moong dal or green gram dal - 1/2 cup

For seasoning:

• Coconut oil -3 tbl .sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Dry red chili - 1 [ broken into 2 to 3 pieces ]
• Curry leaves - little

Grind together:

• Broken black gram dal - 1 tbl sp [ urad ]
• Red chilies - 4 to 5
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Fry the above spices in little oil till it turns into brown in colour, & grind with grated coconut.


Method:

Scrape outer skin & dice the vegetables into 1 inch piece. Cook along with green gram dal or moong dal in just enough water till dal & vegetables becomes soft to touch. Then add grind fresh masala to that along with salt, turmeric powder. Boil for 5 mins till the kuzambu gets ready. Then heat coconut oil in a pan add seasonings & mix with kuzambu. Garnish with curry leaves.Serve with hot steam boiled  rice.

Mysore Rasam

Ingredients:

• Toovar dal - 1 cup [ boiled ]
• Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Rasam powder - 1 sp
• Red tomatos - 3 [ cut into small pieces ]
• Red chili powder - 1 sp
• Sugar or jaggery -  1/2 sp
• Green chili - 1 small
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Curry leaves - little
• Finely cut coriander leaves - 1 tbl sp

Fresh masala powder for rasam:

• Coriander seeds - 1 tbl sp
• Bengal gram dal - 1 tsp
• Dry red chillies - 5 to 6 [ fried in oil ]
• Poppy seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Grated dry coconut - 2 tsp
• Cinnamon - 1 / 2 inch piece
• Clove - 2

[ fry all ingredients in 1 sp of oil till it turns into brown color. Then coarsely powder it in a mixer & keep aside]

For seasoing :

• Ghee - 1 tbl sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Dry red chillies - 1

Method:

Take one deep bottom vessel, keep on the gas & pour extracted tamarind plup, add turmeric powder, red chili powder, rasam powder, asafoetida, slit green chilli, ginger piece & salt. Add 2 glass of water to that & allow to boil. Add powdered fresh masala, finely chopped tomatoes & boil for 10 mins more in lower flame. After that add boiled mashed dal. Pour enough required water to that.When it begins to boil, remove from the gas. garnish with cut coriander leaves & curry leaves. Season with given ingredients in ghee. Serve hot with steamed rice.

Different Types Of Pickles

                                                      Aamla Pickle

Ingredients:

• Amla - 1/2 kg
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
• Asafoetida - A pinch
• Red chillie powder - 3 tbl sp
• Dry roast methi powder - 1/4 sp
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Seasame oil [Til oil] - 1/4 cup.

Method:

First wash & clean the aamlas. Then boil the aamlas in cooker without water [just 1 whistle]. After it cools down, remove the seeds from aamla & keep aside. Then take one pan keep on the gas, pour 1/2 of the oil in the pan heat it, add mustard seeds to that. When it splutters,  put the aamlas along with salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, methi powder, asafoetida & mix well. If the masala is completely coated to the aamlas, remove from the gas. Keep it full day in the same vessel. Pour the remaining oil to that & mix well.  Then store in a jar. Tastes good with hot ghee rice & curd rice.
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                                                                     Lemon Chutney

Ingredients:

• Juicy yellow lemon - 10 [Cut into small pieces]
• Salt - Required amount [approximately - 1 cup]
• Turmeric powder  - 1 tsp
• Red chili powder - 1/4 cup
• Jaggery - 2 tbl sp
• Sugar - 2 1/2 tbl sp.

Method :

Take one big bowl & put cut lemons in it. To this, add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder & mix them well. Then preserve it for 3 days, while you shuffle daily once. After 3 days, add sugar & jaggery to the stuff.. On the 4th day morning keep the pickle in to a close vessel & boil the same in cooker and switch off after 2 whistles. After the pressure goes, remove the pickle from the cooker, put into a mixer & grind for 2 mins (See the picture above). Change it into a glass or plastic container. Have it with paratas, roti, bread, idli, dosas or even curd rice. Enjoy the yummy katta meeta lemon chutney.
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                                                                        Kaduku Mangai

Ingredients:

• Tender small fresh  mangoes - 6 glasses
• Salt - 1 glass
• Chilli powder - 200 gms
• Mustard seeds - 100 gms
• Rock asafoetida - 1 small piece [Fry in oil till it becomes crispy & make it powder].

Method:

Remove the stock of the mangoes, wash well, add salt & mix well. Keep in a closed ceramic jar or bottle for 4 to 5 days. When the mangoes are shrunk & all the salt has become watery, heat the salt water till it is reduced to 1/2 or 1/3 of its original quantity. Allow it to cool well. Then grind chili powder & mustard seeds in the cooled salt water. Add to the mangoes & mix well. Then dip a clean cloth [Cotton cloth] in til oil & put on the top of the mangoes. Tie the neck of the jar with a clean cloth & close the jar. Always use a clean dry spoon to take out the mangoes. Keep mangoes in a small bottle for using daily. Tastes well with curd rice, molakootal rice.
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                                                         Avakkai Mango Pickle


Ingredients:

• Big green sour mangoes - 3 kgs
• [Wipe all  mangoes with wet cloth & dry them in a cloth]
• Cut mangoes - 6 cups
• Salt - 1 cup
• Turmeric powder - 3 tbl sp
• Red chillie powder - 1/4 kg
• Methi dana - 100 gms
• Mustard seeds powder - 200 gms
• Asafoetida - 2 tsp
• Whole small black channa - 100 gms
• Til oil - 3/4 kg
• Methi seeds - 1 hand full.

Method:

First of all mix all the ingredients & keep aside. Take one big clean dry ceramic jar. First put 1 layer of  masala powder in it. Then put 1 layer of  mangoes and a little til oil on top of it. Similarly, put all the other mangoes & masalas into the jar. Tie the neck of  the jar with a clean cloth & close the jar. The next day, add remaining oil to the pickle & stir it everyday for a week. Then preserve it & use a dry spoon for taking out the pickle while serving. Do not use hand while taking out the pickle. In this way the pickle will last longer. Tastes good with curd rice, parathas & dal rice.
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                                                           Mango Thokku


Ingredients:

• Bangalore raw mangoes - 3 [Use less sour mangoes]
• Salt - 1/2 cup
• Turmeric powder - 2 tbl sp
• Red chillie powder - 1/4 cup
• Asafoetida - Little
• Jaggery - 100 gms
• Mustard seeds - 2 sp
• Til oil - 1/4 kg

Method:

First scrap the outer skin of the mangoes, grate them & keep aside. Grind the mango along with salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder & jaggery to a smooth  paste. Then take one kadai, keep on the gas & pour til oil to that. Add mustard seeds when it splutters, add the grained paste to the oil & fry for 10 mins in a lower flame. When the thokku leaves sideways, [non sticky] remove from the gas. Let it cool & store it in a bottle. Your tasty thokku is ready.
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                                                               Lemon Pickle


Ingredients:

• Fresh lemon - 50
• Salt - 1/4 kg
• Red chili powder - 1/4 kg
• Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
• Methi seeds - 50 gms
• Mustard seeds - 50 gms
• Asafoetida powder - 2 sp
• Til oil - 1/4 kg.

Method:

Wash the lemon & wipe with a cloth & cut them into 8 pieces. Do not use any brass or iron vessel. Use ceramic or glass jar. Roast methi seeds to a brown color & powder along with  mustard powder, turmeric powder & chili powder. Mix all these with lime & pack the jar. Then heat the oil in kadai well, add asafoedida powder. When it becomes cool, mix the oil with the pickle. For a week keep this jar in the sun by tying a white cloth to the jar. Then keep it tightly closed. The older the pickle the better it will be in taste.

Mixed Vege Kurma

Ingredients:

• Potato - 4 to 5 (boiled, peeled & cut into dices)
• French beans - 8 to 9 (cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
• Carrot - 2 (cut into small pieces)
• Flower - 1/2 cup (slit into small pieces)
• Salt - as per taste
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 sp
• Red chili powder - 1 sp
• Shahi garam masala powder - 1 sp
• Ghee - 2 sp
• Oil 2 sp
• Cumin seeds - 1 sp
• Fresh cream - 2 tabl . sp
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 tabl . sp
• Finely cut coriander leaves - little

For grinding :

• Small sambhar onion - 3 to 4
• Green chili - 1
• Garlic flakes - 2
• ginger piece - 1/2 inch
• Fresh grated coconut - 1 tbl sp
• Coriander leaves - 1 sp
• Cashews - 4
• Ani seeds - 1/4 sp 
• Sugar - 1/2 sp

Grind all the  ingredients  in  mixture & form a smooth paste.

Method :
Take one small cooker & keep it on the gas, pour oil, ghee together, add cumin seeds & put all the vegetables in the cooker & fry for 3 mins. Add salt, turmeric, red chili powder, garam masala powder, sugar & grind masala to that along with cream & 1/2 cup water. Mix well & close the cooker & wait for 3 whistles to come. After the pressure goes open the cooker & garnish with cut coriander leaves. Serve with hot pulkas/parathas. Your kurma is ready.

Puran Poli

Ingredients:

• Maida - 1 cup
• Wheat flour - 1/4 cup
• Salt - a pinch
• Ghee - 1 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 1/4 cup
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Water - enough to mix dough
• Ghee - for frying

Inner filling:

• Bengal gram dal - 1 cup (kadalai paruppu)
• Grated jaggery - 1/2 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1 sp
• Nutmeg powder - 1 sp

Method:
Mix salt, ghee, turmeric powder to the flour till it blends well. Add water gradually & knead to a soft pliable dough. Keep under wet cloth for 1 hour. Knead again till dough becomes elastic & soft. Then cook dal in enough water in pressure cooker till one whistle. Allow to cool, strain through a colander to remove excess water & grind to a smooth paste along with finely grated jaggery & cardamom powder, nut meg powder. If the filling is little watery, dry it up by frying it in a hot pan. Make even sized (big lemon sized) balls out of the dal mixture. Divide maida dough into equal number of balls. Keep one ball of filling inside maida ball by flattening it. Cover &seal well with the maida dough.Then spread it like stuff parata. Heat a tava over the gas, turn over poli on the top of that carefully, pour little ghee around & cook on both sides.Your puran poli is ready to be served.

Bara Sabji

Ingredients:

• Small brinjal - 1 / 4 k. g.
• Small simla mirchi - 2 to 3
• Small ladies finger - 7 to 8
• Baby potato - 7
• Baby tomato - 5
• Tendli (kovakai) - 7
• Finely cut coriander leaves - little 

Wash & clean all the vegetables.Slit the vegetabls & bake for 5 mins in the oven (another workaround would be to boil the vegetables in cooker without whistle)

Masala for stuffing :

• Bengal gram flour (kadalai mavu) - 1 tbl sp
• Salt - as per taste
• Red chili powder - 1 1/2 sp
• Dhaniya jeera powder - 1 sp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Lemon juice - 1 tbl sp
• Sugar - 1/2 sp
• Oil - 4 sp

 (mix all the ingredients in oil along with basan & keep aside.This is masala for stuffing)

Method :
Take one non-stick kadai &  keep on the gas,  pour 2 sps of oil & add the vegetables to it (before adding stuff the masala to the vegetables) keep the gas in lower flame. Carefully turn the vegetables till all the masala gets blended well with the vegetables. Once the masala has completely soaked into the vegetable & become dry, remove it from the gas. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve with roti & parathas.

Haydrabathe Baingan

Ingredients :

• Medium size brinjal/eggplant - 4 to 5
• Onion - 2
• Garlic - 2 flakes
• Ginger - 1 / 2 inch piece
• fresh grated coconut - 2 tabl . sp
• Tamarind paste - 1 / 2 sp
• Peanuts (roasted) - 10
• white seasame seeds - 1 / 2 sp
• Cumin seeds 1 sp
• Oil - 1 / 4 cup
• Salt - as per taste
• Dhaniya jeera  powder - 1 sp
• Red chili powder - 1 sp
• Green chili - 1
• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• curry leaves - little
• Methi seeds - 1/2 sp

For grinding (gravy):
Take onion, ginger, garlic, grated coconut, tamarind paste & grind all together into a mixture & keep aside.


For dry masala powde:
Fry peanuts, seasame seeds & cumin seeds in kadai (without oil) & make dry powder in mixture & keep aside.

Method:
First cut the brinjal in the bottom (just slit into 4 don't cut into pieces) & put it in the water. Then keep one kadai on the gas, pour 3 sps of oil, when the oil becomes hot add the grind wet masala to that & fry in a low flame till the masala becomes dry & thick. Add salt, turmeric, red chili powder, dhaniya powder & dry masala powder & fry for 5 mins (the gas should be in lower flame) At the same time keep another kadai on the gas  & pour 6 to 7 sps of oil. When the oil becomes hot add mustard seeds, methi seeds &  the brinjal , slit green chili, & curry leaves.When the brinjal is half cooked ,add the wet grind masala to that along with needed water.Close the kadai with a lid & fry for15 mins in lower flame. When the sabji becomes ready  remove from the gas. Garnish with finely cut coriander leaves. Serve hot with parathas, puri, etc.