Brinjal Rice / Vaangi Bath / Vangi Bhath

Step 1

Cook the basmati rice fluffy and nicely and keep it ready

Step 2

Slice  the onion vertically and keep it aside

Step 3

Wash and chop the brinjals into small cubes and keep it aside. Keep the chopped brinjals in water to avoid brinjal becoming black color due to oxidation.

Step 4

Keep a pan in a flame, add brinjals, turmeric and oil and toss well and keep in medium flame and allow it to cook completely and get roasted. Take the roasted and cooked brinjals separately

Step 5

Heat another pan, add oil and when the oil is hot, add dals and fry till the dals turn golden brown color. Take it in a mixer. Add sesame seeds, coconut, hing and turmeric and fry till the coconut turns slight golden color

Step 6

Grind all the fried ingredients in a mixer to a fine powder. Vaangi Baath Powder is ready.

Step 7

Heat oil in a pan, add cashews and fry it till they turn golden brown color. Take this aside

Step 8

Now add cumin seeds to the hot oil and allow them to sputter

Step 9

Add chopped onions and add a pinch of salt and mix well and allow the onions to turn transparent and slightly brown

Step 10

Now add the chopped and cooked brinjal pieces and mix well along with necessary salt. Keep in flame for 2 minutes

Step 11

Add the vangibath powder and mix well and keep in flame for another 5 minutes

Step 12

Add the cooked rice to the brinjal fry

Step 13

Mix the cooked rice gently and add the cashew nuts and mix well

Step 14

The scrumptious and mild spicy Vaangi Bath is ready to serve with any raitha. Vaangi bath goes very well with cucumber raitha or onion Raitha