Guthi vankaya kura

Ingredients :

Egg plant -- 1 lb

Onion -- 1 chopped

Oil-- 5 tsp

salt -- to the taste

For vankaya karam :

Black gram/minapappu/urad daal -- 1 cup

Bengal gram/chana dal/senagapappu -- 1/4 cup

Corriander seeds -- 1/4 cup

Sesame seeds (nuvvulu) -- 1/4 cup

Fenugreek seeds (Menthulu) -- 2 tsp

Cumin seeds -- 5 tsp

Dry red chillis -- 15

Tamarind -- 1/2 lemon size

Shallow fry the above and grind with salt to the taste and this powder can be preserved for about 1 year....so that u can prepare the "guthi vankaya" in minutes.

The above karam can be used in any kind of fries like okara....etc

Method :

1. Slit eggplants in 4 sides

2. Heat oil in a pan and apply salt to the slit eggplants and drop into the oil

3. Cook them with the lid closed till it is done.

4. Now, in a mixi -jar, add the chopped onion,1 cup water, and 5 tsp of the above ground powder and grind it...with salt if required(make sure this mixture is slight watery as it thickens easily)

5.Add the above mixture into the cooked eggplants and cook for about 10 min till done

A very delicious dish with hot rice....