Blogging Marathon# 32: Letter I
Theme: A-Z Vegetarian Dishes from Andhra Pradesh
Dish: I for Iguru/ Vankaya-Senagapappu Iguru (Eggplant-Chana Dal Curry)
Finding dishes that start with vowels is hard. Letter ‘I’ was even harder. All I could think of was Idli, but no matter how hard I thought I couldn’t think of an Andhra spin to good old idlis. After a lot of thinking (out loud), the remembered the word Iguru. One of our dear friends back home used to call some of the curries ‘igurus’. I didn’t know what it actually meant, so I asked my mom to research.
She came back and said that the curries that are made by evaporating the liquid (igaradam) are generally called ‘igurus’. I took it as the curries that are made slightly wet, but not necessarily with a gravy, fall into this category.
Luckily after that I watched an episode on a Telugu cooking show where the chef made this Iguru which I promptly noted down and made it for today. This is a spicy and flavorful dish that is perfect when served with steamed rice and rasam.
Iguru/ Vankaya-Senagapappu Iguru (Eggplant-Chana Dal Curry)
Ingredients
- 10 - 12 Eggplant Baby - chopped
- ½ cup Chana Dal (senagapappu) - soaked for 2 hours
- 2 chilies Dry red
- 3 cloves Garlic , crushed
- 1 tsp Ginger - finely chopped
- 2 chilies Green - finely chopped
- 6 - 8 Curry leaves
- ½ tsp Turmeric
- to taste Salt
For Tempering:
- 1 tsp Chana dal (senagapappu)
- 1 tsp Urad dal (minapappu)
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
Instructions
- Heat 2tbsp oil in a saute pan; add the tempering ingredients and once the seeds start to splutter, add dry red chilies and the crushed garlic cloves. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Next add ginger, green chilies and curry leaves, cook for 1 more minute. Add the soaked chana dal and fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Next add chopped eggplant along with salt and turmeric. Cover and cook on medium flame until eggplant is completely cooked through and chana dal is tender, about 10-12 minutes.
- Serve with rice or roti.
Notes
nayana
interesting combination and a healthy dish…
Niloufer Riyaz
looks delicious!!
Kalyani
wow ! this is a new style of cooking ! Curry looks good 🙂
Manjula Bharath
wow thats an delicious channa dal iguru 🙂 looks so yummy and very informative post dear !! 🙂
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
i’ll try it with bottle gourd 🙂
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
i’ll try it with bottle gourd 🙂
Nivedhanams Sowmya
Oh I had bookmarked drumstick Igru long back from a tv show. Yet to do it. Looks superrrr
Priya Suresh
I can have this curry simply with some rice, delicious and fingerlicking dish.
Janani
Awesome dish as usual I don’t have to search for andhra food outside just clicked ur site will teach me in and out of andhra dish yummy recipe nice click too.
Gayathri's Cook Spot
Very nice dry curry. Perfect with a bowl of curd rice…
Srivalli
Very interesting dish Pavani, yes I have heard my mom and mil using this word. though I have never used it myself..we do make this dish and call it simply gojju or koora
The Pumpkin Farm
dal vaangi, is what we call it…my maami (maternal aunt) makes it so well, love to have it with bhakris, this recipe of yours is also wonderful
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
I am sure this tastes just as good as any eggplant curry 🙂 You being an eggplant fan, can’t expect any less from you, right??
preeti garg
Wow.. look so delicious and tasty
PJ
Learnt something new here.Nice dish Pavani.
Sreevalli E
Yummy dish.. My version is kinda similar to this..
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Very delicious looking curry!
Sandhya Karandikar
New combination for me. Your iguru looks wonderful. We do snake gourd with chana dal.
veena krishnakumar
Thank you Pavani…i am learning so many new things from this bm everyday…dish looks very delicious
Nisha Sundar
Rasam and this should taste heaven. A comfort side dish for rice.
Rajani S
Take off the ginger and add a bit of ground coconut, and you have a koottu 🙂
Archana Potdar
Delicious and I see that Rajani has given kootu recipe too. Love to try them both.