Vangi Bath | Brinjal Rice

Vangi bath is a authentic Karnataka dish & I enjoyed it @ sagar's for many years while I stayed in bangalore. This is also one of the dishes that is more often made in my house & it's our favorite.

Prep Time-15mins | Cooking Time-30mins | Yields-4Servings 

Ingredients:

4Cups cooked basmati rice or 2Cups uncooked basmati rice

7Small brinjal or 2Chinese brinjal sliced
1Medium onion chopped
2Tbs peanuts
1Tbs mustard seeds
2Red chili's cut equally 
2Green chili's sliced
4Tbs vangi bath powder

2Tbs oil

Salt for taste
2Tsp lemon juice (Adjust as needed)
1/2Tsp of hing
Few curry leaves 
Directions

- Cook rice with 3&1/2 cups water and cool it for a while.

- Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves, chili's & peanuts. Once the mustard starts jumping add onion to pan.

- Fry till onions are translucent.

- Add the chopped brinjal to it and close the pan with

a lid. Allow them till they are done.

- Once veggies are cooked add vangi bath powder, salt to pan. Switch off heat after 1min & add lemon juice to pan. Mix them well.

- Mix rice & brinjal mixture with rice. Adjust salt & lemon juice if needed. Allow the rice to sit for 30mins before serving as all the flavors with set perfectly.

- Serve with papad or potato chips.

Note:
- You add tamarind pul instead of lemon in case if you don't like. 
- This is a spicy dish, if you want it less spicy just avoid adding gree chili's in the dish. 
- Add cashews along with peanuts if you like.

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Vangi Bath Powder

Prep Time-10mins | Cooking Time-10mins
Ingredients 
8Red chili's 
3Tsp coriander seeds
1Tsp cumin
1Tbs urad dal
1Tbs channa dal
2Tbs coconut flakes 
2Marati moggu
2Inch cinnamon stick
3Cloves 
1Tbs seasame seeds
1/2Tsp turmeric powder
1Tsp oil
Few curry leaves
Pinch of hing
Directions
- Heat pan with oil. To that add all the above ingredients other than coconut & turmeric. 
- Roast them to a light brown color. Switch off heat. At this stage you smells the roasted aroma of spices. 
- Add coconut & turmeric to pan.
- Once the ingredients are cool grind them to a smooth powder. 
- Store it in a air tight container & refrigerate it. 
- Stays fresh for couple weeks. 

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Fried Pineapple Quinoa

Fried pineapple quinoa is a variation of pineapple fried rice. I came across this similar dish with pineapple on a blogger friends site & just fell for it. This is a dish of bursting flavors & will leave you amazed with every bite. 

Prep Time-5mins | Cook Time-10mins | Yields-2 Servings
Ingredients
1Cup cooked Quinoa
1/2 onion finely chopped
2Carrots sliced
1Small bell pepper sliced
1Cup fresh pineapple pieces
1Tsp ginger garlic
1Green chili sliced
1Tsp garam masala or curry powder 
1/2Tsp red chili powder (Adjust acc.)
1/4Tsp soy sauce
1Tbs oil
Salt for Taste
Pinch of sugar (Optional)
Garnish
Few spring onions sliced
2Tsp toasted coconut flakes 

Directions
- Heat a wide pan with oil. Add ginger garlic paste to pan & fry it for few seconds. To that add onion & green chilli's. Stir fry them for 1min. 
- Now add pineapples, bell pepper & carrots to pan & stir fry. Add chili powder, salt & garam masala powder to pan & close it with a lid for 2mins.
- Add cooked quinoa to pan along with soy sause & stir fry it for few seconds.Adjust salt & chili powder if needed. 
- Switch off heat & garnish with spring onions & toasted coconut flakes. 
Note 
- Instead of quinoa you can use rice. 
- You can replace garam masala powder with curry powder of your choice.

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