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vankaya bajji | brinjal chutney
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vankaya bajji | brinjal chutney

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 5
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients Method Video

Ingredients
  

  • 1 onion medium-sized
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 dry red chilly
  • 1 green chilly
  • 1 potato 50 gram
  • 2 tomato
  • 4 brinjal/ egg plant 350 gram
  • ¼ cup tamarind extract
  • ¼ turmeric powder
  • salt
  • ¾ cup water
For seasoning:
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • few curry leaves
  • A pinch asafoetida

Method
 

  1. In a pressure cooker, add in chopped onion, 2 garlic cloves, 2 dry red chilly, 1 green chilly, 1 potato chopped, 2 tomatoes chopped, and chopped brinjal
  2. then add salt and 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
  3. Pour in ¾ cup of water, give a stir
  4. Turn on the flame, cover the pressure cooker with lid
  5. Pressure cook it for 3 whistles in medium flame
  6. After pressure releases, mash the mixture with a hand blender(stick blender) or potato masher, (or mathu)
  7. Then season it with mustard seed and curry leaves and asafoetida.
For sesoning:
  1. Heat 1 tbsp of oil (sesame oil or groundnut(peanut)oil, splutter ½ tsp of mustard seeds
  2. And then turn off the flame, add curry leaves and asafoetida
  3. Finally, Pour this seasoning mixture into the chutney. It is done.

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