Ingredients
- 1 no Sweet Potato/Genusu Gadda
- 3 no Brinjal/Vankayalu
- 2 Green Chillies chopped lenghwise
- 1 Tomato roughly chopped
- 1 small lemon size Tamarind
- 1 sp Jaggery (optional)
- 1/4 sp Turmeric Powder
- 1 sp Red Chilli Powder
- 2 sp grated Fresh Coconut
- Salt to taste
For Popu :
- 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 sp Cumin Seeds
- 1/4 sp Methi Seeds
- 1 pinch Hing
- 2 sp Oil
- chopped Coriander Leaves
- Curry Leaves
Instructions
Wash and soak tamarind in a cup of water and keep aside. Wash, peel sweet potato and cut into small pieces, wash and chop brinjal into pieces and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan add popu ingredients and fry. Once done add green chillies, curry leaves and fry for a while. Then add chopped vegetables and stir.
Saute well, sprinkle a little water and cook with a lid on low flame until the pieces are soft.
In the meantime prepare coconut paste – blend into a paste with grated coconut and red chilli powder.
Once the veggies are soft add 2 cups of tamarind extract, salt, turmeric powder and boil, then add ground coconut paste, jaggery and mix together, let it boil for a couple of mins.
Lastly add coriander leaves and turn off the flame, now Chilakada dumpa vankaya Pulusu/Sweet Potato Brinjal Stew is ready, transfer into a serving bowl and serve along with rice and dal.