A close friend of mine is from Hyderabad and I always inspire her in cooking. She goes to work far distance, and reach home late in the evening, still she freshen up herself and freshly cook the dinner each day. I always inspire her energy and attitude towards the family and food. I have learnt many recipes from her which are traditional Andhra recipes. Aubergine Stir-Fry is one of her signature recipe and she call this as Vankaya Vepudu. This is a very yummy dish and we can either serve as sidedish or we can mix with white rice and have it.
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| Aubergine Stir-Fry |
| Preparation time | 5 mins |
| Cooking Time | 20 mins |
| Servings | 4 |
Ingredients:
| Aubergine | 2 big size |
| Red Chilli Powder | ½ teaspoon |
| Turmeric Powder | ¼ pinch |
| Coriander Powder | 1 teaspoon |
| Curry Leaves | few |
| Green Chillies | 2 |
| Chopped Ginger | 1 teaspoon |
| Salt | To Taste |
For Seasoning:
| Oil | 1 tablespoon |
| Mustard Seeds | 1 teaspoon |
| Hing | a Pinch |
| Cumin Seeds | 1 teaspoon |
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| Aubergine Stir-Fry |
Method:
- Wash and dry the aubergine. Chop it into medium sized cubes. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter add cumin seeds and saute it fro 10 seconds
- Then add hing and curry leaves followed by slit green chillies and chopped ginger and saute it for 10 seconds. Then add chopped aubergine along with salt and mix well and stir-fry in high flame for 2 minutes
- Stir-fry of aubergine brings out the water from the vegetable. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder and mix well. Cover with a lid and keep the flame low and allow the aubergine to cook completely for 15-20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you could find the aubergine would have nicely cooked in the spices.
- The yummy Aubergine Stir-Fry is now ready to serve with hot steaming rice.
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| Aubergine Stir-Fry |
