Pachi Pulusu – Recipe shared by Sri Devi Badiga

Serves 6 people

Ingredients

• 200 grams medium sized brinjals with seeds
• 100 grams tamarind / imli
• 10 grams jaggery / gud
• 1 medium sized onion
• 4 green chillies
• 1 twig coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Method

• Roast the brinjal on direct flame by slowly rotating each piece.
• Roast the green chillies, 3-4 at a time, on direct flame, by slowly rotating.
• Soak tamarind in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes, mash it, remove the juice and strain it.
• Peel the brinjal and remove the stem from the green chillies, mash them and then put them in tamarind juice.
• Grate the jaggery and add it to the mixture, then cook it for 3-4 minutes.
• Add finely chopped onion, coriander leaves and salt.