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One Pot Nuvvula Vankaya | Sesame Brinjal Curry

Traditional Rayalaseema dish, tastes spicy, tangy and sweet which tickles your tongue for more!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: curry, Side Dish, sides
Cuisine: Rayalaseema, south indian
Keyword: brinjal sesame curry, nuvvula vankaya, one pot recipes, Rayalaseema ruchulu, sesame eggplant curry, sweet, tangy and spicy brinjal curry, traditional recipes
Servings: 5
Author: Sireesha

Equipment

  • 1 pressure cooker
  • 1 blender

Ingredients

  • 15-16 brinjals green or purple
  • ½ cup sesame seeds dry roast
  • 1 tbsp red chilly powder
  • ½ tbsp salt
  • 1 cup tamarind juice
  • 4 tbsp oil
  • 3-4 jaggery roughly crushed
  • few curry leaves

Instructions

  • Dry roast sesame seeds on low heat. Cool.
  • Add roasted sesame seeds, red chilly powder and salt in a blender jar. Blend it to a smooth powder. Keep it aside.
  • Wash and soak small lemon sized ball of tamarind. Squeeze the juice out of it.
  • Wash brinjals, remove the top part, make a + cut on the bottom of the brinjals.
  • Heat a small cooker, add oil, ½ tsp mustard seeds, ½ tsp cumin seeds.
  • When they start sputtering, add brinjals, tamarind juice, and crushed jaggery.
  • Close the cooker lid, cook for 1 whistle. (You may also cook it in a kadai or sauce pan on stove top instead of using cooker)
  • Add ground sesame chilly powder and cook for a few minutes to become thick.
  • Check the taste and adjust the spices if needed.
  • Cook till the oil floats on top and till you get the desired consistency.
  • Serve hot or warm with Thappilent, Jowar roti, Bajra roti or any rotla or Chapathi or even with rice!

Notes

  1. You may use a sauce pan or kadai instead of cooker.
  2. You may add little water if needed.
  3. Adjust jaggery according to your taste.
  4. You can also skip jaggery for the spicy curry but that will be a different curry.
  5. You may use any kind of eggplants/brinjals.