My mum's recipe - the best I have tasted!!
Ingredients
6 Brinjals (Aubergine/ eggplant)
hand full of Red onions (full)
Green chilies slit in two
a few Curry leaves
an inch Lemon grass
a few pieces Pandan leaf
3 pips Crushed garlic
Sugar
1 Tbsp. Tamarind paste
1/2 cup Vinegar
Chillier powder, roasted curry powder and mustard paste
Saffron
Salt
Oil for deep frying
A spoon of oil for frying the onions etc
Method:
Wash and cut brinjals length wise. Mix with saffron and table salt deep fry till crisp and keep aside.
1st picture at bottom on a plate with kitchen paper.
Make a mixture of vinegar, tamarind paste, sugar, 1 tsp chilli powder, 2 tsp roasted curry powder, ground mustard and salt. keep aside.
in a bowl 1st picture at bottom
Put a little oil in a pan and when heated add the onions, garlic, green Chilies and curry leaves, Pandan leaves, lemon grass - 1st picture in a plate and 2nd picture at bottom and stir for some time then add the made vinegar mixture and after it boils add the fried brinjal. Take it off at once and put into a box or dish. If not the saucepan heat will dry off the liquid.
It tastes better after a few days.
Happy eating!!
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