Vambatu Moju (Brinjal Moju)
Ingredients
- 500g Brinjal (vambatu)
- 200g shallots or pearl onions
- 150g small dried prawns (shrimp) or sprats
- 100g small green chilies cut in the middle
- 07-10 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
- 02tbsp crushed dried red chilies
- 1/2tsp red chilies (finely powdered – optional)
- 1/3cup coconut vinegar
- 02 -3tsp black mustard seed (finely powdered)
- 5 tsp sugar
- 01piece of pandon leaves
- 02-05 leaves curry leaves
- 02 cloves (chopped)
- 02 cardamoms(chopped)
- Salt to taste
- Coconut or Vegetable oil to deep fry
Method
- Place a deep bottom frying pan and add oil to deep fry
- Cut egg plant into thin slices and deep fry, drain and keep aside
- Fry onions for 02 minutes (drain and keep aside)
- Fry green chilies for few second (drain and keep aside)
- Fry fried shrimps for 01 minutes
- Drain the oil remain 03tbsp oil in the pan
- Sauté crushes red chilies, pandon leaves and curry leaves separately for few seconds
- Mix garlic paste, mustard, cardamom, cloves and sugar to with vinegar into a deep bottom clay pot and boil for 1 and 1/2 minute.
- Take off from the heat and add all the fried items and mix well
- Add pepper, red chili powder and salt to taste and mix up well
- Keep till cool. (This taste better after one day)
Tip:
- This should be stacked in an air tight clay or glass vessel and will be able to keep it 01 – 02 weeks time
- It will be tasty after 01 – 02days from the preparation
- You can use tamarind juice except for vinegar