Vankai Pachi kaaram (Green Brinjal curry)

This is another typical andhra dish and probably made very often in every andhra home. For this you should use green small brinjals for best results. It is a very simple dish yet tasty to relish. Pachi kaaram means raw spice. It is made out of two simple ingridients coriander and ginger. These 2 spices go well with to the green small brinjals to make a simple and yet tasty dish.

Ingridients:-
Tender green round small brinjals - 12-15
Coriander - 1 bunch
Ginger - 1 cm peice
Green chillies - 5-6 peices

1. Grind the coriander, ginder and green chillies together. Add little water if required for grinding. It should be of chutney consistency.
2. Slit the end of the brinjals till half and let the brinjals be whole. You should select small sized brinjals for best results.
3. Take some oil in a pan and on med flame fry the whole brinjals. Add salt while frying, so that salt sinks well into the brinjal
4. Once the brinjals become tender and almost cooked, add the corainder-ginger paste.
5. Mix well and let it cook fully. Please ensure that you cook on low flame now so that the brinjals and the masala do not get burnt.
6. Once cooked well, take off from heat and serve with hot rice and daal.