VANGI BATH

Cooking Time: 30 mins                  Servings: 5
Preparation Time: 20 mins            Category: Veg

Vangi Bath is a famous South Indian dish. It is usually famous among the Brahmin community. Literal translation could be thought of as Fried Brinjal(egg plant) rice. This dish is mostly homemade and is hard to find in restaurants. Typically found in Karnataka, spicier variety is often found in neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Now let me tell you how this dish can be prepared at home.

Ingredients:
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Vangi Bath

Rice - 1 KG (Basmati)

Mustard seeds - 1 table spoon

Ghee - 150 gms
Red Chillies - 10
Green Chillies - 4 (vertically chopped)

Curry leaves

Kaju - 100 gms

Salt to taste

Brinjal - 250 gms (vertically chopped medium pieces)

Alu - Optional

Tamarind paste - 4 table spoons (Sour butter milk or lemon juice can be added as an alternative)

Vangi bath powder - 7-8 tsp

Preparation:

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• Cook basmati rice separately and keep it aside.
• Heat ghee in a pan... add mustard, red chillies, curry leaves, green chillies and fry them for 5 mins.
• Add cashewnut and fry them for couple of minutes.
• Now add the brinjal/eggplant (then alu)..and fry it.
• When they are half cooked...add the tamarind paste.
• Cook that for another 10 mins and add the vangi bath powder.
• Add some salt to taste..and mix it well.. 
• Once it is cooked..mix this paste with the rice and serve hot with curd raitha or coconut chutney

Everest or MTR readymade Vangi bath powder can be used or if you want to prepare it at home, here is the procedure.

Ingredients for Vangi bath powder. Makes 250 gms (approx)

Urad dal (split black lentils) - 1/2 cup/50 gms

Chana dal - 1/2 cup/50 gms
Grated dry coconut - 100 gms

Red chillies - 5

Turmeric powder (haldi) - 1/2 tsp

Coriander (dhania) seeds - 1 Table sp

Fenugreek (methi) seeds - 1 tsp

Cinnamon (dalchini) - 10 sticks

Cloves (laung) - 5

Preparation

• Dry roast all the ingredients separately. Then combine all and add turmeric.
• Now blend these to a smooth powder.
• Store in an airtight container. If stored in freezr, it can stay for an year.