VANKAYA PULUSU- - ANDRA SPECIAL

INGREDIENTS : 

Brinjal -- 200 g 

Chilli powder-- 2 tsps S

Salt to taste

Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp

Tamarind -- a small lemon size. 

Turmeric powder - -1 tsp 

  FOR MASALA : 

Saute the following ingredients one by one in the given order with 1 tsp of oil .

Onion - 1 

Coconut -- 4 pieces 

Sesame Seeds (white) --1 tsp 

Peanut - 1 tsp Red Chillies -- 2

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Heat oil in a kadai . Once hot , add chopped brinjal and saute with little water till tender . 

2) Heat oil in a pan. Once hot, add mustard and jeera. When it splutters, add the grinded masala to it with little water . 

3) Then add the tamarind extract and all the powders and salt . 

4) Finally, add par boiled brinjal to it, with 2 tsps of oil .Cover with a lid in slow flame till the oil separates out . 

Serve Hot with Rice . This goes to Priya's Cooking with seeds -- Sesame Seeds . Other recipe for the event is ; Sesame Chutney