Akki Rotti with Badanekai Ennegai(Eggplant curry)

Akki Rotti and Badanekai Ennegai is authentic Karnataka food.

This is my husbands favourite dish. you can have it for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. "Akki" means "Rice" in kannada. "Badanekai" is "Brinjal". Ennegai Means "in oil"

This is my entry for JFI - Eggplant hosted by Sangeeta of Ghar ka khana

Ingredients:

Small purple eggplants - 8 to 10

Onion - 1 medium size

Tomato – 1 medium size

Oil - 5 tbsp

Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp Salt to taste

Grind the following ingredients into Smooth Paste with little water:

Coconut grated - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1 small Tomato – 1 medium

Ginger -1/2” Cloves - 2

Cinnamon – 3/4”

Coriander leaves chopped - 2 tbsp

Red Chili - 5 (dry roast)

Coriander seeds - 1 tsp (dry roast)

Sambhar powder - 1 tsp Turmeric - ¼ tsp

Roasted gram (Dalia) – 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Wash and clean the eggplants.

2. Make two crossed slits in each eggplant upto ¾ Th of their length.

3. Stuff each eggplant with ground mixture.

4. Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add onions, fry till onions become translucent.

5. Add the eggplants and saute them for 5 minutes.

6. Add remaining ground mixture and ½ cup water. Cover and cook till the eggplants are done. Serve hot with Akki rotti

AKKI ROTTI :

Ingredients:

Rice flour – 2 cups

Water – 3 cups

Salt to taste

Method: Add 2 tsp of rice flour to the water mix well and bring it boil. Now reduce the heat and add remaining flour and mix well using wooden ladle breaking any lumps. Switch off the stove Let it cool and Knead well into one single dumpling.

Take out a handful of dough and make it into ball and using dry flour roll it using rolling pin. It should be thicker than chapathi. Heat tawa on stove. Place the rotti carefully on tawa. Keep it on high flame. After 3 minutes or until brown spots appear ,sprinkle some water on rotti, this is to remove any extra dry flour which will blacken the rotti. Then turn it on the other side cook until done.

Serve hot with Badanekai Yennegai.