Aubergine Stir-Fry

Posted on May 2nd, 2014

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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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.

Aubergine Stir-Fry

Preparation time	5 mins
Cooking Time	20 mins
Servings	4

Ingredients:

Aubergine	2 big size
Red Chilli Powder	1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder	1/4 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

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.