Brinjal-Black Eye Beans Kootan

Ingredients

Brinjal/Indian eggplants - 5 to 6 nos.
Tamarind - lemon size ball
soaked black eye beans - 2 tea cups
coconut (grated) - 1/2 cup
sambhar powder - 2tsp
turmeric powder -1tsp
hing powder-1pinch
curry leaves to garnish

Method

1. Soak the black eye beans 4 to 5 hrs in water then cook it in the pressure cooker & keep it aside.
2. Soak the tamarind in water, & take out the juice.
3. Cut the brinjal into fine pieces. Add salt, hing powder, turmeric powder & sambhar powder to it . Now pour the tamarind juice to this mixture & heat it well till the brinjal is very well boiled.
4. Now add the cooked black eye beans to it.
5. Fry the coconuts gratings in a kadai (dry without oil) & when it becomes brown & when you can feel the aroma just garnish it on the boiled mixture.
6. Garnish it with curry leaves.

Serve hot with plain rice & ghee.