Vankaya Menthipodi(Eggplant Fenugreekpowder curry)

Hi Friends, Good Morning. Happy Sankranti/Lohri to all you.

As this is festive season everyone will be busy cooking variety of dishes for your family. Mostly today in everyone’s household Gutti Vankaya curry is common, without this curry the festival will not be completed.

But today I am going to share with you a new variety of brinjal curry called as “Vankaya Menthipodi”, this is traditional Andhra recipe.

It tastes heaven if you eat it with hot steaming rice in combination with ghee.

Now going into the preparation of making this recipe, you need the below ingredients:

1.Brinjal(Vankaya) – 10 to 15(sufficient for a family of 4).

2.Menthipodi (Fenugreek powder) – 2 tablespoons.

3.Salt.

4.Tumeric – 1 teaspoon.

5.Oil – 3 tablespoons.

Preparation:

1.Cut the brinjals(Vankaya) as shown below.

 2.Place a pan on the stove, add some oil let it heat for a minute. Now add the brinjal pieces, turmeric, salt and stir them a bit so that the salt will be equally distributed to all the pieces.

                                                                   

                 

3. Add very little amount of water and cover the pan with a lid. Let the brinjal pieces cook on a slow flame.

                                                                                  

4. Mix the contents in the pan in small intervals such that all the pieces are evenly cooked.

5. Once they turn soft like below, add Menthi powder and very little amount of oil to it and mix well. Cover the pan with lid and let it get cooked for 2 more minutes.

                                                                               

 5. You can add coriander leaves at last. This is optional.

6. Transfer it to a plate after 2 minutes. It’s ready to serve now.

                                                                            

That’s it very easy and tasty Vankaya Menthipodi curry is ready. It needs very less oil hence it is a very healthy curry and can be cooked within 15 minutes.

You can make Menthi powder and store it for 1 month in an air tight container. Whenever you are in a hurry, then this curry will be your savior.

Please click the below link for making of Menthipodi or Fenugreek powder.

https://bilvani.blogspot.in/2018/01/menthipowder-fenugreek-powder.html 

Hope you all like this recipe. Please try it and do share your comments and feedback.

Thank you all, once again Happy Sankranti to all of you.