Andhra Pradesh Recipes

Click to View Map Vankaya Pachi pulusu       Serves 4 Ingredients Bhaigan (vankaya) - 1 lb(about 6 to 7) Tamarind - medium lemon sized ball Green chilies - about 8 (decrease or increase accordingto taste) Coriander leaves - few Salt - as required Oil - 2 tbsp For Seasoning Ingredients 1 tsp mustard seeds pinch of hing 1/2 tsp of jeera few curry leaves and red chili pieces Method Soak tamarind in water for some time and extract juice (pulusu) from it and keep it aside. Wash and cut the bhaigan into pieces. Also slit the green chilies. Heat 1 1/2 tbsp of oil in a pan, add bhaigan, green chilies and cook covered until soft. When cool, grind to a paste. Chop onions into small pieces. Add tamarind extract to the grounded bhaigan. Add chopped onions, salt and mix well. Heat remaining oil in a pan and add the seasoning, when mustard starts to splutter add to the above pulusu. NUTRIENT COMPOSITION PER SERVING MACRONUTRIENTS MICRONUTRIENTS Energy (Kcal) 140 Carotene  ( μg ) 93.6 Protein (g) 5.4 Vitamin C  (mg) 13.5 Carbohydrate (g) 12.43 Mg  (mg) 29.6 Fat (g) 7.64 Na  (mg) 3.4 Fibre (g) 2.86 K  (mg) 225 Minerals (g) 1.12 Mn  (mg) 0.232 Calcium  (mg) 68.0 Zn  (mg) 0.314 Phosphorus  (mg) 81.9 Cr  (mg) 0.014 Iron  (mg) 2.8