Vankaya Pachadi

Ingredients:

150g brinjal(round or long ones)

10 green chillies

2 tomatoes

5 garlic cloves

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

3,4 tamarind flakes

salt

oil

• Wash and chop brinjal and keep them aside in salted water until use.
• Dry roast cumin seeds and keep aside.
• Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a pan and add greenchillies and garlic cloves.Fry them well and remove into a bowl.
• Now add another 1/2 tsp oil  and fry brinjal pieces,remove.
• Next add another 1/2 tsp oil and fry tomatoes,remove.
• Cool  all the fried ingredients.
• Now blend all the fried ingredientsi.e.  brinjal pieces,tomato pieces,cumin seeds,garlic,green chillies,salt, turmeric powder,tamarind in a grinder or using mortar and pestle in to a coarse paste.
• Vankaya pachadi is ready to be eaten with plain rice,curd rice or with combination of any dal curry.

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