Badanekai Sasive

Ingredients:

1/2 cup grated Coconut

1 medium sized Brinjal/Badanekai

1/4 cup Curd/Yogurt/Buttermilk

Pinch of Turmeric powder

Pinch of Tamarind powder

1/4 tsp Chiily powder

Large grape sized Jaggary

Salt to taste

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

2 Curry leaves

1 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Chop brinjal into small pieces, put it in a vessel containing buttermilk water and keep it aside for about 5 minutes.

Remove chopped brinjal from buttermilk water and add it to another vessel. Add turmeric powder, tamarind powder, jaggary, salt, chilly powder, water and cook them well.

Add grated coconut and 6-7 mustard seeds to a mixer. Add enough water and grind it to smooth paste. (If it is frozen coconut, add hot water while grinding.) Pour ground mixture to the vessel containing cooked brinjal. Add buttermilk to the same vessel and mix it well. (If it is yogurt/curd put it in a mixer for few seconds before adding it to sasive.)

Add oil and mustard seeds in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and add it to sasive. Mix well before serving. It goes well along with rice.