Onion & Brinjal Pachadi

Hello viewers

Today I am coming with Andhra Style pachadi, very common recipe in south Indian houses. In todays recipe vankaya/brinjal pachdi paired with onion. It tastes fabulous and good combination with idli, dosa,upma and also with garama garam rice. See this rust colour chutney mixed with fried vankaya mukkalu. Prepare this yummy yummy onion and vankaya pachadi by yourself and share the recipe with your friends and family. So that they can confidently try again.

Normally I like home made food and I like to try new variety dishes. The person behind my blog Kusuma's Abhiruchi is my mother who is best cook I ever and my daughter Lahari who lives in U.K who helps me with my blog.

Yummy yummy home made dishes brings me satisfaction and are healthy for the family. Each recipe in my blog has been published only after tried and tasted.

Ingredients

• Brinjal                          6 (black or green medium)
• Onion                           3 big
• Mustard seeds             1tbsp
• Cumin seeds                1/2 tbsp
• Urad dal                      1tbsp
• Green mirchi               6
• Dry red chillies           10
• Turmeric powder
• Tamarind pulp            2 tbsp
• Mint leaves                 few
• Curry leaves               few
• Salt to taste
• Oil

Popu

• Mustard seeds
• Urad dal
• Hing
• Curry leaves

How to prepare

1. Start by finely slicing your onion.
2. Wash brinjals and cut into small cubes and put them in water.This will remove bitterness from them.
3. In a wok heat 1 tbsp of oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal green chillies and dry red  chillies .
4. Saute until dal turns brown.
5. Remove from pan.
6. Place tea strainer near by to transfer fried ingredients.
7. In the same oil add onion. Saute by stirring occasionally till they  translucent.
8. Meanwhile fry the brinjal cubes crisply and keep aside.
9. Take all ingredients (except fried brinjal cubes) fried  urad dal, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, green and dry red chillies, salt, tamarind pulp, mint leaves, and curry leaves into blender and make it as coarse chutney.
10. Transfer this coarse chutney into a bowl and add already fried vankaya cubes. 
11. Mix well.
12. Finally make tempering with popu ingredients and pour on chutney.
13. Relish the taste.

Delicious & yummy yummy Onion & vankaya pachadi is ready to eat.

Kusuma's notes:

1.      Saute the onions until soft. Otherwise chutney will give you raw smell.
2.      Cut brinjal in water by adding pinch of salt. It will remove bitterness of vankaya.
3.      One can make chutney very easily without any experience in cooking.

Try it and post your valuable comments and suggestions.

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