Gutti Vankaya Kura

1. Contributor: Radha
Ingredients:

10-12 fresh tender purple brinjals(vankaayi,aubergine)
2 onions finely sliced
6 flakes garlic
2 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tsp red chilli pwd
1/3 tsp turmeric pwd
1 tsp coriander pwd
1/2 tsp cumin pwd
1 tbsp white butter or ghee
1/2 tbsp jaggery (optional- but tastes good with sugar or jaggery)
2 tbsps
1 tsp cumin seeds
12 curry leaves
large pinch methi seeds (menthulu,fenugreek)
salt to taste
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves(garnish)

Preparation:

Wash and dry the purple brinjals. Keep the stalks.

Prepare the stuffing first.

Heat 1/2 tbsp oil in a pan and add the garlic cloves and onions and fry on medium heat for 7-8 minutes or till transparent. Remove from fire and cool. Grind to a paste adding little water.
Add the coriander pwd, cumin pwd, chilli pwd, butter or ghee, sugar or jaggery and salt. Mix well.
Now take each brinjal and cut from the base end (opposite side of stem) and make a slit towards stem side but not all the way through i.e slit each brinjal into four sections lengthwise without cutting off the crown. The brinjals are ready for stuffing and the stuffing requires some patience…:)
Separate the brinjal quarters gently and fill the stuffing inside slowly without breaking the brinjals.
Stuff all the brinjals in this manner. Keep aside the remaining paste.

Preparation
Heat 1 1/2 tbsp oil in a cooking dish. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add the methi seeds and curry leaves and fry for few seconds.
Now slowly place each of the stuffed brinjals in the dish and add the remaining paste on top and sprinkle 1/4 cup of water. and cook for 20-30 minutes on slow heat.
Do check in between to stir the brinjals without breaking them. the brinjals are three fourth cooked add the tamarind paste and one cup water. Adjust salt.
Cover and cook further for another 25-30 minutes or till the brinjals are well cooked and soft on touch. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

I tried somany times. Really it came out well.

2. Contributor: Keerthi
1 cup of peanuts, 1 cup of sesame seeds in seperategaa dry roast chesi pettuko.

1 sp dhaniyaalu, 1/2 sp cumin seeds, 10 red chillies (adjust), koddigaa menthulu, salt theesukuni mixielo podi chesuko...ee powderki roasted peanuts and sesame seeds add chesi mallee mixielo podi cheyyi.

Ee powderki 1 cup of tamarind juice kalipi make it into a paste.

Stuff brinjals with this paste (leave some paste for gravy)

Pressure cookerlo konchem oil vesi, popu vesi, one finely chopped onion vesi roast cheyyi..Onions vegaaka add the remaining paste, pour lil water, add some salt if required and arrange the stuffed brinjals.

Mootha petti 2 whistles vacchaaka sim chesi 5min vunchi aapeyyi.

Finally garnish with coriander

Anthe guthi vankaaya koora ready...

Kadailo koodaa cook cheyochu kaanee ekkuva oil paduthundi

Ninne chesaa nenu idi

3. Contributor: Sushma
Here are couple of recipes.
Gutti Vankaya Kura
Brinjal Masala

4. Contributor: COOOOOOOOOOL....
idi nenu oo TV show lo chusi chesa...
Here is the recipe link

5. Contributor: padma swetha k
gutti vankaya- with coconut,gasalu - Here is the recipe

6. Contributor: Sruthi
Ammayilllu.. This is our member Revathi Cherukuri's recipe..

Ivii.. Revathi Recipe.. :
Gutti Vankaya Curry

Ingredients

Brinjals 8-10

Green chilies – 4-6

Tamarind – lemon size

Onions – 1 big( I use red onions)

Tomato – 1 big

Dry roast:

Peanuts – ¼ th cup

Red chillies – 8-10

Chana dal - ¼ th cup

Urad dal -¼ th cup

Dhaniya seeds - ¼ th cup

Coconut powder - ¼ th cup

Sesame seeds - ¼ th cup

Procedure:

1st dry roast all the ingredients listed under dry roast on a very low flame(coconut powder last lo add cheyali)

Challaga ayyaka anni mettaga paste la grind chesukovali

Pan lo deep fry ki oil vesi heat ayyaka cut chesina vankayalu ( gutti vankaya kosam cut chestam ga ala ) vesi fry cheyali few minutes on each side

Taruavta pan lo koncham oil vesi heat ayyaka onions vesi baaga veyinchali

Taruavata tomato pieces kuda vesi baaaga fry chyeyali

Endaka grind chesukunna masala paste vesi + chintapandu rasam and water posi medium flame lo baaga kalupu undali oil mottam bayataku vche daka (naku almost 45min pattindi)

Eppudu fry chesi unchukunna bringal pieces kuda vesi kalipi moota pettali

Enko 10-15min fry chesaka last lo kotimeer vesukunte mana curry done

( Naku just cooking ke 1hr pattindi slow flame lo chaala opikaga cheyali..flame penchite masala madipotundi)

7. Contributor: Avanthi Rao G
Gutti vanakay kura simple version http://avanthiraoskitchen.blogspot.in/2010/01/simple-onmion-stuffed-brinjal.html

Idi bagara baingan version http://avanthiraoskitchen.blogspot.in/2009/08/bagara-baingan.html

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