Aloo,Tomato and Brinjal Curry
Ingredients :
- Brinjals – 6 to 8
- Potatoes – 1
- Tomatoes – 1
- Ginger –1/4”Piece
- Green Chilies – 6
- Cumin Seeds (Jeera) – 1/2tsp
- Bengal Gram (Chana Dal) – 3tsps
- Black Gram (Urad dal)– 2tsps
- Mustard Seeds – 1 1/2tsps
- Salt To Taste
- Turmeric Powder – 1/4tsp
- Coriander Leaves (Kothimeera) - 5 springs
- Curry Leaves (Karivepaku) - 1 Strand
- Oil – 5tsps
- Hing
Preparation :
- Take a bowl and add some water and little salt to this water and mix. Wash and clean the brinjals. Cut the brinjals into pieces and put them in the salt water.
- Peel the potato and cut it into cubes.
- Cut the tomato into pieces.
- Cut Ginger and Green chilles and make a coarse paste in a Motor and Pestle (Haman Dasta) or in a mixer.
- Heat a pan and add oil to it. When oil is hot add bengal gram, black gram,mustard seeds and cumin seeds and fry. Fry till the seeds start changing color.
- Add hing,curry leaves and green chili and ginger paste and fry for 1 minute. Add the turmeric powder and mix well.
- Add all the cut vegetables and mix well.Add some water and cook covered on slow flame stirring after every 3 minutes till the vegetables are cooked. Then remove the lid and cook for few more minutes.Add required Salt.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with Plain Rice or Chapathis.
