Brinjal Serwa/ Brinjal Side Dish for Briyani

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• Brinjal/Egg plant - 250 gm [Remove stem and cut length-wise]
• Onions - 1
• Tomato - 1
• Red chillies - 4
• Black pepper - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
• Tamarind - Size of one small lemon[dilute this in water before half an hour itself]
• Salt to taste
• Curry leaves - small amount
• Chilli powder - 1 tbsp

• In a flat bottomed pan, add oil and add crushed pepper and cumin seeds. [Don't grind pepper and cumin seeds, simply crush it]
• Then add red chillies, curry leaves, and sliced onion.
• Fry this until the onion become transparent.
• Add chopped tomato, brinjal, chilli powder, and salt.
• Close the pan with the lid and heat this mixture in medium flame for few minutes until the brinjal is nicely cooked.
• Add thick tamarind juice to this mixture and cook in a very low flame.
• Cook until oil separates from the mixture.
• Brinjal serwa is ready and this can be served with briyani.