Ingredients

• Eggplant - 1 (Big size).
• Tamarind pulp - 1 tsp.
• Sambhar powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Toor Dal - 1 handful.
• White Channa - 1 handful| Fry in oil and grind into paste:
• Dhania - 1.5 tsp.
• Channa dal - 1 tsp.
• Urad dal - 1 tsp.
• Red Chillies - 6.
• Coconut - 1 handful (dry or fresh ).
• Grind the above nicely once it is fried in oil.

How to Make Pitlai

• Boil the eggplant in tamarind water (if you need, add more water and tamarind later).
• Soak channa dal in water overnight and boil it well with little salt and enough water.
• Mix these two with salt, sambar powder, diluted boiled dal water.
• Allow it to boil for a minute.
• Add the ground paste and keep aside.
• Temper with mustard, curry leaves and urad dal roasted in oil.
• Serve with plain rice and pappad or cucumber raitha.