Kathirikkai Vathakuzhambu

Dish Name :- Stuffed Eggplant vethakuzambhu
There are 2 parts of this receipe ....
1) Masala for eggplant
2) Vethakuzumbhu

I will give receipe one after the other

Ingredients for Masala for eggplant :-
1 cup chana dal
1/2 cup dhaniya Full seeds
7-8 Red chillies
2 pinches of asefoitida
salt to taste

How to make :-
1. Take a kadhai and fry without oil the chanadal dhaniya ...fry till raw smell goes off ....
2.Keep aside in a dish and fry the red chillies for 1 minute.
3. Grind it coarsely all the ingredients  (Chanadaal, dhaniya, red chillies ,salt and asafoetida)

Preparation for eggplant :-
4.Take 4-5 small sized eggplant .
5.Hold the eggplant straight and cut like cross till 3/4 lenght of the eggplant.
6.Stuff the grinded coarse powder in the eggplant . Left over grinded powder can be kept in a airtight container and can be used for all sabji's .
7.Take oil in a kadhai and put the eggplants not one over the other ...keep seperately.
8.Put a lid over the kadhai .
9.Remember to turn over the eggplant to all side to avoid burning .
10.Let the egplant cook completely .
The MASALA EGGPLANT is ready ...U can eat jsut that as a side dish for ric

SECOND PART OF THE RECEIPE IS VETHAKOZUMBHU

1.Take 1 small lemon size of tamarind and soak in water .
2.Sqeeze and take out the pulp 
3.Add water to the pulp to make it a tamarind water
4.Take a kadhai , put some oil in that and add rai ..let it splutter then add curry leaves
5.Add sambhar powder ( add very little as the eggplant is filled with masala in which red chillies are added)  to the oil and after 5 seconds add the tamarind water and let it boil for 10 mins.
6.After 10 mins of boiling add the masala filled eggplant to that .Add salt if required .
7.Let the vethakozumbhu boil and the eggplant will be soaked in the gravy .

The MASALA STUFFED EGGPLANT VETHAKUZHAMBU IS READY TO SERVE WITH WHITE RICE.
AALOO CURRY IS THE ULTIMATE SIDE THIS FOR THIS .

With Love

Jillu