Badanekayi palya recipe
Discover how to make a delicious Badanekayi palya or brinjal onion stir fry with the help of step-by-step pictures . This recipe is both tasty and versatile, as it pairs well with chapati or rice. The ingredients for this stir fry include brinjal, onion, tamarind, salt, and jaggery. Additionally, I have incorporated Udupi-style rasam powder, although it is optional. Feel free to substitute it with any curry powder or sambar powder of your choice. This recipe is perfect for beginners or bachelors, as it is simple, quick, and incredibly flavorful.
Ingredients
- 2 green brinjals
- 2 big onions
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp gram dal or chana dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- A big pinch hing / asafoetida
- 5 – 6 curry leaves
- 1 – 2 green chili
- 2 tsp jaggery
- 1 marble sized tamarind
- 1 tsp rasam powder (saarina pudi)
- Salt as per your taste
- 4 tsp cooking oil
Instructions
- To prepare brinjal-onion stir fry, I have used long green brinjals. But you can use any brinjal.
- Cut the brinjals into 2" pieces and slit them length wise. Soak the cut brinjals in water to remove the bitterness. Also chop onions lengthwise and keep it ready.
- Take a frying pan and heat the oil. Add in mustard seeds, gram dal and urad dal. When the mustard seed splutters add in green chili and curry leaves.
- Immediately add in turmeric powder and asafoetida.
- Add in chopped onion and fry until soft.
- Add in chopped brinjals by draining the water. Fry for a minute under medium flame.
- Add in salt, jaggery, tamarind extract and mix well.
- Close the lid and cook the vegetables under low flame.
- Stir in between. If required add in little water and cook until brinjals are soft. At the end add in 1/2 tsp of rasam powder (or saarina pudi).
- Give a quick mix. Switch off the stove and serve it with either rice or chapathi.
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