Delicious & Spicy Mirchi Ka Salan

Ingredients:

4 Green Chilli's
5 Purple Brinjal's - sliced in round shape
Tamarind paste - 2 tsp's
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
5 tbsp Oil
1/4 tsp Mustard
1/2 Onion - finely chopped
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Thick Milk - 1/4 cup or Fresh Cream - 2 tsp's

To Grind:

2 tbsp sesame seeds
2 tbsp peanuts
1 tsp grated coconut
6 flakes of garlic
1 inch of ginger
1 tsp Cumin
2 tsp's of coriander powder
a pinch of turmeric powder
Juice of half of a Lemon

Grind the above all together into a soft and thick paste with 2 tbsp of water.

Method:

Heat Oil in a wide Bottomed pan, add spitted green chillis and fry them. After frying remove it from oil.
Then add round sliced Brinjal's to the oil and fry them for 5-7 minutes till they are cooked and turn into golden color. Just the once brinjals are cooked remove them from oil.

Add mustard, curry leaves to the oil and let the mustard boil. Now add finely chopped onion and fry them till they turn translucent.

Now add the grounded soft paste and mix with the onions. Add 2 cup's of water and tamarind paste and bring them to boil.

Then add the fried green chillis and brinjals to the pan and mix well. Let the gravy simmer for another 2-3 minutes. Then remove the gravy from the blaze and add 2 tsp of fresh cream or 1/4 cup of solid milk.