Vaangi Baath

Ingredients:

For Powder:

• 1 cup Chana Dal
• 1 cup Urad Dal
• 1 cup Dhaniya
• 3-4 Cardamom
• 3-4 Cloves
• 1 Stick Cinnamon
• 3-4 Red chilies
• Salt to taste

For Rice:

• 3 cups Rice
• 7-10 Brinjals
• 1 tsp Chana Dal
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Jeera
• 1 tsp Urad Dal
• 2 tsp Cashews
• 3-4 Red chilies
• 2-3 sprigs of curry leaves
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• In a pan dry roast all the ingredients for the powder and grind the mixture
• Add salt according to taste to this mixture
• Cook the rice with 1:2 ratio of rice to water
• In a pan take some oil and add Chana Dal, Mustard Seeds, Jeera, Urad Dal, ground nuts, cashews, and red chilies.
• Once the seeds start to splutter add cashews, curry leaves and hing
• Then add the Brinjal pieces and let them cook till done
• Add the cooked brinjal and the Vangi bath powder to the cooked rice
• Add little oil and salt according to taste and mix it well
• Vaangi bath is ready is eat with Raita!!!!

Tip:

• Let the rice cool down completely so that the rice does not become soft

• Do not over mix the rice and curry mixture to avoid forming lumps

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