Brinjal chutney(vankaya pachadi)

Ingredients:

• Brinjals---2 (little big size)
• Onion---1 med size(chopped)
• Tamarind juice---3 tbs
• salt--Adjust to taste
• sugar---1 pinch

For Tempering:

• Mustard seeds---1/2 tsp
• Red chilly pieces---4-5
• Urad dal---1/2 tsp
• hing---1 pinch
• curry leaves---10-12
• green chillies---2(cut into pieces)
• Ginger---1/2tsp pieces
• oil---1tsp

Preparation:

• Cut the brinjal into large pieces. soak them in water with 1 tsp salt for 15 min.
• Clean them and pressure cook them for 1 whistle.
• Once removed from the cooker, remove the skin and mash the pieces into paste.
• Add tamarind juice, salt and sugar to the paste.
• Take small frying pan,put on the stove, add oil to it.
• Add the mustard seeds, urad dal, hing,red chilly pieces, green chilly pieces,ginger pieces and curry leaves.
• Add this tempering to the above brinjal paste.
• Serve with steamed rice.