Bagara Vankaya

Ingredients :

Eggplant [vankayalu] -- 1 lb / 1/2 kg

Onions -- 1 ,sliced

Peanuts -- 1/2 cup

Sesame seeds [nuvvulu]-- 1/4 cup

Coconut -- shreded, 1/2 cup

Green chillis -- 6

Ginger-Garlic paste -- 1 tsp

Turmeric -- 1/2 tsp

Salt -- ti the taste

Cardamom -- 5

Cloves -- 5

Cinamon stick -- 1,broken
Oil -- 5 tsp

Method :

1. Shallow fry peanuts,sesame seeds ,cardamom,cloves,cinamon seperately

2. In a mixer, add the fried peanuts,sesame seeds,coconut, cardamom,cinamon,cloves,green chillis, salt with 2 cups of water and keep aside

3. Slit eggplant into 4 sides

4. heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and drop slit eggplants with salt applied to it

5. Cook for about 15 min till it is done and remove feom the pan

6. Now add the remaining oil, add ginger-garlic paste and fry till done

7. Add sliced onions and fry till they turn brown

8. Add the ground paste and coom till the oil seperates

9. Drop the fried eggplants and cook for about 5 min and remove from flame

Goes well with biryani and the items listed under "Rice item" in my blog