Ingredients
Brinjal(Egg plant) 3
Small onions-25nos or
Big onion -3medium
Ginger-1 small piece
Garlic-2 pods
Curry leaves-1 string
Pepper-10
Chilly powder-1/4tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Green chilly-2
Tomato big - 1
Salt – to taste
Thick coconut milk-1/4 cup
Coconut Oil-for frying
For Marination
Chilly powder-1/4tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Salt-to taste
Method
Take 3 brinjal and cut lengthwise.(take middle portion into 2 thick pieces.)Marinate with chilly powder,turmeric powder and salt for 1 hour.Heat a pan.Saute onions .
When it become light golden colour add ground paste(pepper,ginger,garlic,green chilly,turmeric powder,curry leaves,turmeric powder) and saute for 3-4 minutes in low flame or until the raw smell of the masala goes .
Now add chopped tomato and salt.Saute till the tomatoes are done.Finally add coconut milk.
Mix well and remove from the fire and keep asideAfter one hour shallow fry the marinated brinjal pieces.
Take clean banana leaf.
Slightly smoke the leaf over the flame.If u don’t have banana leaf u can use aluminium foil or baking paper.
Put small portion of onion gravy in the leaf and keep the brinjal fry and top it with another portion of the gravy.
Again do the same for the rest of the pieces .
Wrap the brinjal by folding the leaf.Heat a nonstick pan .
Place these banana wraps and cook well both sides in low flame .
about 20 minutes.
Vazhuthananga[brinjal] pollichathu ready
Serve with rice
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