Menthi Vankaya Recipe - Andhra Style Fenugreek Spiced Baingan

May 7, 2022

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Menthi Vankaya Recipe - Andhra Style Fenugreek Spiced Baingan
Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 10 M|Total: 20 M
Makes:2 Servings
Meal:Lunch
Cuisine:Andhra

Menthi Vankaya is a South Indian Style Baingan Sabzi which is very popular among the Andhra Cuisine. No special occasion is complete without serving this scrumptious curry along with the entire meal. Baby brinjals are cooked with tamarind, cooled, stuffed with spice powder and fried.

You have to be very delicate while handling the brinjals not to break them apart. Process feels elaborate but is very simple to make and tastes divine. It is not exaggerating to say you'll crave for more even after you are full. 

So if you are looking for South Indian Vegetarian Curries for Lunch, give this baingan sabzi a try.

Serve Menthi Vankaya along with Mixed Vegetable Sambar, Steamed Rice and Elai Vadam for a satisfying South Indian lunch with your family.

If you like this Baingan sabzi, you can also try other Baingan recipes for your vegetarian lunch such as

  1. Safed Achari Baingan Recipe
  2. Khatte Baingan Recipe
  3. Baingan Masala Recipe

Ingredients

For the menthi karam/spicepowder

    10 Small Brinjal (Baingan / Eggplant)
    2 tablespoons Tamarind Paste, thick
    1/4 cup Water
    Salt, to taste
    4 tablespoons Oil
    1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)
    1 sprig Curry leaves
    2 tablespoons Coriander (Dhania) Seeds
    1 tablespoon Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)
    1 tablespoon White Urad Dal (Split)
    1 tablespoon Sesame seeds (Til seeds)
    1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
    1/2 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)
    3 Dry Red Chillies, adjustable
    2 tablespoons Raw Peanuts (Moongphali), optional

Instructions for Menthi Vankaya Recipe - Andhra Style Fenugreek Spiced Baingan

    1

    To begin making the Menthi Vankaya recipe, in a pan, dry roast ingredients mentioned under methi karam/spice powder which includes coriander seeds, chana dal, urad dal, sesame seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, dry red chillies and raw peanuts. This will take about 2 minutes.

    2

    Once everything is roasted well, cool it completely and grind into fine powder using a mixer grinder.

    3

    If you are adding peanuts, add them last after all the other spices are finely powdered. Otherwise, the powder becomes oily. Keep the powder aside to stuff in the brinjals.

    4

    Next, wash and pat dry the small brinjals thoroughly. Slit brinjals in such a way that you see an X at the base. Be careful not to slit open them completely.

    5

    In a bowl, add water with salt and immerse the brinjals in salt water for 5 minutes.

    6

    In a heavy bottomed pan, add half of the water, required salt and gently drop brinjals when water starts to boil. Make sure there is only one layer of brinjals. Do not put one brinjal over the other.

    7

    Cook covered until brinjals are 80% done. This will not take more than 6 to 10 minutes. Now, add tamarind paste. If there is not enough water left, add some more water. 

    8

    Mix and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes until brinjals absorb all the salt and tamarind flavours. Remove from pan, cool them completely. Drain the remaining water.

    9

    In the meantime, take a regular sewing thread, measure the length equal to twice the diameter of brinjals and cut into 10 or 12 pieces. 

    10

    After the brinjals are cooled down, stuff them with spice powder and wrap the thread around them gently. This ensures the spice powder does not come out while frying. 

    11

    Heat oil in the same wide pan, fry urad dal until golden and add curry leaves. Fry until crisp and gently place stuffed and secured brinjals in the pan. 

    12

    Fry the brinjals until they are completely cooked. Sprinkle the remaining spice powder on the top.

    13

    Turn the brinjals gently using a fork and and a spoon. Do not use a ladle as it may break the brinjals.

    14

    Once the brinjals are soft and cooked properly, remove the thread carefully and serve hot.

    15

    Serve Menthi Vankaya along with Mixed Vegetable SambarSteamed Rice and Elai Vadam for a satisfying South Indian lunch with your family



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