Vankaya(Brinjal or Eggplant) Bajji

Do you want a dish which is sweet, sour, spicy and also has your favorite brinjal in it????

Then come on hurry up, its here all for you ;)

Fall in love with brinjal :)

Note: I really don't know why it is called as bajji!!! If you know, do tell me too.. :)


Ingredients:

Brinjal - 1 large
Onion - 2 big
Green chillies - 4
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Jaggery - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Bengal gram dhal - 1/2 tsp
Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
Salt - for taste
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves



Method:

Keep the brinjal as such in the cooker and cook it for 3 whistles. Now cut it and remove the skin and seeds and smash it finely with your hands and keep this aside. In a pan take a tsp of oil and season with mustard, bengal gram dhall and urad dhall. Add curry leaves, chilly and chopped onion to it and fry for a while till it turns to golden brown. Once done switch off the flame and pour this into the mashed brinjal. Now add tamarind paste, salt and jaggery to it and mix well. Finally garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve it with hot steamed rice. :) Happy making and enjoy eating :)

"Yepdi Irundha Nan!"

"Ipdi Aiten" :):):):)

I am sending this dish to "Fall In love - Brinjal" event hosted by Sanghi of sanghi-tastybites blog.


This event demands a dedication of the dish: So I would like to dedicate this dish to my lovable dad. This is specially because he is the one who encourages me to cook and enjoys all my disasters and yet praises me for all the efforts I take to bring it out. :) And on top of it he just loves brinjal too much. :)

Written by: Nithya
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The Secret Ingredient is.............

Watermelon... :)

The white portion alone is used for making More(Butter milk) kolambu. :)

Melon photo courtesy: http://www.auxiliary.com/AGF/farmmarket/products/nuts/images/Watermelon.jpg

Thanks to all of you who had made their guesses. :) Most of you guessed it as white pumpkin, cucumber, green mango etc.. But then you all missed to see the little red peaks of the pieces. ;)

Preethy Srinivasan was very close by guessing as a variety of melon(fruit). Congrats you were right. :)

So lets not waste the white portions of the melon, lets use it to make more kolambu from now on. ;)

More Kolambu - Guess the secret vegetable???

More(Butter milk) kolambu is a traditional dish which can be made with a lot of vegetable combinations. The fun starts when we try introducing different vegetables into it to make it more interesting and different. Here is one such more kolambu.

Take closer look at the pictures and........

Guess the secret vegetable used in this more kolambu?????

Make your guesses as comments for this post. Shall get back to you with the answer tommorrow. :)


Ingredients:

Secret vegetable(Watermelon - white portion) - 2 cups chopped
Curd - 1 cup
Coconut - 1 tbsp
Thoor dhall - 1 tbsp
Red chillies - 2
Green chilly -2
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - for taste
Coriander leaves
Curry leaves




Method:

Cook the secret vegetable(watermelon white portion alone) and keep it aside. Soak thoor dhall in water for 2 hours. Now grind thoor dhall, coconut, red chillies, green chillies, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, asafoetida and turmeric together adding some water to it to make a paste. Now take the curd and churn it adding some water. Add the ground paste to the curd(butter milk) and put in the cooked secret vegetable too. Now boil the contents for a while adding curry leaves to it. Finally season with mustard and garnish with coriander leaves. More kolambu is ready to eat :)

Serve it with hot steamed rice and raw onions. I just love this combi. :) Happy eating :)



Written by: Nithya
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Raw Mango Dhall

Raw mango has a super good tangy taste which I really love. And that too a manga looted from the neighbourhood tree is the best in taste.. ;)

Geer up for another simple raw mango tangy treat. ;)

Ingredients:

Raw mango - 1
Thoor Dhall - 4 tbsp
Green chilies - 2
Red Chillies - 2
Garlic - 6 pods
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Salt - for taste





Method:

Peel the skin of raw mango and slice it with the slicer. Now in a bowl, cook the sliced raw mango, chopped green chillies, turmeric powder,salt along with little water. Now cook the thoor dhall seperately and add it to the mango mixture. Season it with mustard, cumin, red chillies and chopped garlic. Finally boil it for 5 min.

This goes great with hot steamed rice and rotis. Happy eating :)




I am sending this to 'Mango Mela' conducted by Srivalli.




Written by: Nithya
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Chayote or Miriton(Chow Chow) Poricha Kolambu

Ingredients:

Chow Chow -1
Thoor dhall - 3 tbsp
Garlic - 10 pods
Coconut(scrapped) - 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 5
Rice flour - 2 tsp
Red chillies - 2
Urad dhall - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt - to taste

Method:

Grind coconut, cashew nuts and rice flour smoothly and keep it aside. Now cook thoor dhall and chow chow in the pressure pan. Add the ground mixture, salt and turmeric powder to it. Now season with urad dhall and red chillies. Finally add enough water and let it boil for a while. Keep stirring when it boils. Poricha kolambu is ready. :)

This is a super cool combi with hot steamed rice and mango pickle. Happy cooking :)





Written by: Nithya
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Yennai Kathirikka (Brinjal)

Yennai karthirika is one of the most famous south Indian lunch delicacy. The freshly ground masala added to it gives a lovely aroma and spiciness. Seriously yummy. :)


Ingredients:

Small sized Brinjals - 1/2 Kg
Small Onions - 1/2 Kg
Tamarind - lemon sized ball
Channa Dhall(kadala paruppu) - 1 tbsp
Urad Dhall(Ulutham paruppu) - 1 tbsp
Coriander seeds(Dhaniya) - 1 tbsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek(Vendhayam) - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 8 nos
Coconut(scrapped) - 1 tbsp
Salt - For taste
Jaggery - For taste
Asafortida - Pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Take one spoon of oil in a pan and fry urad dhall, Channa dhall, Coriander seeds, Jeera, pepper, fenugreek and red chillies till it changes to golden brown. Now after it cools down powder it coarsely adding scrapped coconut. keep this aside.

Chop onions finely. Split brinjals into four leaving the top portion uncut(the pic will give you a hint). Now fry these two in a pan for a while till it turns golden brown.

Now take a vessel and add the fried vegitables, Ground powder, tamarind paste, jaggery, turmeric powder, asafortida and salt. Now pour in enough water to bring it to sambar consistancy and boil it till its done. Now season it gingily oil(nallanai) and mustard seeds. Finally Garnish it with curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Gama Gama yennai kathirika is ready to eat :) Serve it with hot steamed rice and chips. :) Happy eating. :)




Written by: Nithya
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