Udupi Baingan Brinjal with coconut and curd

Udupi Baingan

Brinjal with coconut and curd

Ingredients

• Burnt and mashed brinjal                          1 cup
• Fresh and thick curd                                  3/4 cup
• Chopped fresh coriander                           1 tsp
• Grated coconut                                          1/2 cup
• Dry red chilli                                             2 nos
• Garlic flacks                                             2 nos
• Mustard seeds                                          1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds                                            1/2 tsp
• Hing                                                        a pinch
• Karepatta                                                few
• Green chilli slices                                  3 nos
• Sugar                                                      1 tsp
• Oil                                                           1 tsp
• Salt to taste

Process

Wash brinjal with water and apply few drops of oil and burn it on the flame or in a micro wave. Then drop the burnt brinjal in water in a bowl and keep aside. Now make a smooth paste of coconut, dry chillies, garlic and 1 tsp mustard seeds adding required amount of water. Now remove burnt skin from brinjal and mash. Take a mixing bowl, mix mashed brinjal , curd, coconut paste, chopped coriander, sugar and salt. Mix well all the items. Now place a pan on the flame and add 1 tsp oil and heat. Now add hing, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, green chilli slices and karepatta. Off the flame when mustard seeds starts cracking and add this to above brinjal mix. Mix every thing well and udupi baingan is ready to serve and eat with steamed rice and with phulka.