Vankai Dosakai Pachadi
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
Vankai (Brinjal) : 200 grams
Dosakai (Cucumber) : 250 grams
Green chillies : 12
Curry leaves : 2 stems
Jeelakarra (Cumin seeds) : 1 table spoon
Chintapandu (Tamarind) paste : 2 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp
Garlic : 1/4
Oil : 2 table spoons
Coriander leaves : A few
Procedure
Step 1 : Clean 200 gms brinjal and cut them into pieces and drop in salt water (so that colour will not change and does not get sour)
Step 2 : Clean dosakai (cucumber) and remove skin, also cut cucumber in to small pieces, keep them aside
Step 3 : Take 2 tsp oil in pan and fry 1 stem curry leaves, brinjal, chillies, 1 pinch turmeric & 1 tsp salt in a closed pan in low flame. After 5 minutes off the flame and let it cool down
Step 4 : Separate them from oil, blend fried Brinjal, Green Chillies, 1 tsp Cumin Seeds, 2 tsp Tamarind paste, 6 Garlic Nods in to paste. When complete add Dosakayi (Cucumber) pieces, mix well.
Step 5 : For Talimpu : Heat 1 tsp oil in low flame, add 1 tsp sanagapappu (bengal gramdal), 2 red chillies, cumin seeds 1/2 tsp, mustard seeds 1/2 tsp and 1tsp urad dal. Fry the mix for a couple of minutes. Add 1 stem curry leaves just before switching off
Take the pickle in serving bowl, mix talimpu to the pickle, garnish with coriander leaves & serve it. This chutney tastes good with white rice :)
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