Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe - Eggplant In Spicy Onion Gravy
A vegetarian Andhra recipe with small brinjal (baingan / eggplant), onions - chopped, tomato - chopped. Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated bySuresh Naidu🇮🇳
Instructions
18 steps- 1
To begin making Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe (Eggplants In Spicy Onion Gravy), first slit them twice diagonally 3/4th long such that you do not disturb their stalk/ crown
green chillies - slit(3) - 2
Prep the rest of the ingredients as well
- 3
In a kadai/heavy bottomed pan, heat the required oil and add cumin seeds
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1/2 teaspoon) - 4
Once the cumin sizzles, add coriander & fenugreek seeds, once they become fragrant, add the garlic & ginger
cloves garlic - finely chopped(3)inch ginger - finely chopped(1/2)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1/2 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped - 5
Fry for a minute and add the chopped onions
onions - chopped(2)tomato - chopped(1)cloves garlic - finely chopped(3)inch ginger - finely chopped(1/2)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped - 6
Cook until they turn slightly soft & pinkish
sunflower oil - to cook - 7
Add the tomatoes, chillies and fry for a couple of minutes
tomato - chopped(1)green chillies - slit(3) - 8
Add salt, mix it well & switch off the flame
salt - to taste - 9
Once it cools down, grind it into a paste
- 10
Now, fill the ground masala into the slit eggplants
green chillies - slit(3) - 11
Heat oil in the kadai and & add these eggplants to it
- 12
Add the remaining masala as well to it
- 13
Cover it & cook until the eggplants are soft & mushy
sunflower oil - to cook - 14
Keep stirring in between, but carefully so that the brinjal does not become mushy
small brinjal (baingan / eggplant)(16) - 15
Keep cooking it till the eggplants are cooked, and the mixture comes together and becomes brownish in colour
sunflower oil - to cook - 16
Make sure you don't burn them
- 17
Once done, add lots of coriander to it and switch off heat
coriander (dhania) seeds(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped - 18
Serve Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe along with Steamed Rice, and Moong Dal Rasam/Pesara Pappu Charu Recipe and Black Chickpea Salad Recipe for a complete meal
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Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe - Eggplant In Spicy Onion Gravy
A vegetarian Andhra recipe with small brinjal (baingan / eggplant), onions - chopped, tomato - chopped. Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated bySuresh Naidu🇮🇳
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18 steps- 1
To begin making Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe (Eggplants In Spicy Onion Gravy), first slit them twice diagonally 3/4th long such that you do not disturb their stalk/ crown
green chillies - slit(3) - 2
Prep the rest of the ingredients as well
- 3
In a kadai/heavy bottomed pan, heat the required oil and add cumin seeds
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1/2 teaspoon) - 4
Once the cumin sizzles, add coriander & fenugreek seeds, once they become fragrant, add the garlic & ginger
cloves garlic - finely chopped(3)inch ginger - finely chopped(1/2)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) seeds(1 teaspoon)methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)(1/2 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped - 5
Fry for a minute and add the chopped onions
onions - chopped(2)tomato - chopped(1)cloves garlic - finely chopped(3)inch ginger - finely chopped(1/2)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped - 6
Cook until they turn slightly soft & pinkish
sunflower oil - to cook - 7
Add the tomatoes, chillies and fry for a couple of minutes
tomato - chopped(1)green chillies - slit(3) - 8
Add salt, mix it well & switch off the flame
salt - to taste - 9
Once it cools down, grind it into a paste
- 10
Now, fill the ground masala into the slit eggplants
green chillies - slit(3) - 11
Heat oil in the kadai and & add these eggplants to it
- 12
Add the remaining masala as well to it
- 13
Cover it & cook until the eggplants are soft & mushy
sunflower oil - to cook - 14
Keep stirring in between, but carefully so that the brinjal does not become mushy
small brinjal (baingan / eggplant)(16) - 15
Keep cooking it till the eggplants are cooked, and the mixture comes together and becomes brownish in colour
sunflower oil - to cook - 16
Make sure you don't burn them
- 17
Once done, add lots of coriander to it and switch off heat
coriander (dhania) seeds(1 teaspoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped - 18
Serve Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe along with Steamed Rice, and Moong Dal Rasam/Pesara Pappu Charu Recipe and Black Chickpea Salad Recipe for a complete meal
Rate this recipe
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