Crispy Brinjal Phodi (Shallow fry)

Brinjal phodi ( Brinjal shallow fry) is a big favorite among the South Indians.. especially Konkanis!

One of the easiest, yummiest fried item to have as a side dish with rice.

Serves 2-3 persons.

Time needed - About 15 min

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Ingredients -

1 Brinjal (use big ones, not the tiny ones used in my post about Brinjal curry)
Bombay rava
Chilli powder
Turmeric powder
Salt 
Asafoetida (Hing)
Coconut oil (Vegetable oil will also do unless you're a South Indian ;-))

Method -

• Wash and cut the brinjal into pieces shown below. Make sure the pieces are thick. Thin pieces will result in sogginess when water is sprinkled on it at a later stage.

• Sprinkle salt, chilli powder and turmeric powder over the brinjal pieces and mix.

• Make sure all the pieces get almost uniformly seasoned.

• Put some rava in a plate. Use that to coat each brinjal piece thoroughly on all sides.

• Coat the frying pan with with some oil and place the rava-coated brinjal pieces.

• Cover the pan with an appropriate lid. Once it starts steaming (As in you'll see some steam blowing out from the sides of the lid), the brinjal pieces will look something like this. Refer below for an idea.

• Meanwhile have the asafoetida paste ready. Best way is to clean the bowl in which you mixed your brinjal pieces with the salt, chilly and turmeric powder using a little bit of water. Add a little amount of asafoetida(hing) to it and mix. Once you see the pan steaming, take off the lid and sprinkle this asafoetida water over the brinjals in one or two goes. Remember to SPRINKLE.. DO NOT POUR! And then cover the lid again.

• Let the brinjals fry for about 5 minutes. Check the base of a piece to see if it's well fried. If so, pour little oil uniformly over all the pieces. About 1 tbsp, not too much! And then turn all the pieces upside down so that the unfried part can now fry. Do not cover using the lid now or the steam will make the fried part get soggy!

• Let it fry for another 5 min. Now check the base to see if it's fried properly. If yes, then switch off the flame and serve crispy hot! Enjoy the delicious side-dish and observe the yummy taste of the outer crunch and the inner gooey texture of this dish. :)

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