Vadi baigan – A North Indian style brinjal and moong daal vadi (lentil nuggets) curry
Vadi Baigan | Baigan Mangodi is a popular dish of North India specially in the states of Rajasthan and Uttar pradesh. Dried yellow lentil Nuggets/ Moong daal vadi/ Mangodi’s are used to make this curry. Brinjals are cooked with stir fried mangodi, tomato and few basic Indian spces.
You can make this curry dry or semi dried as per your preference. This curry is served with chapati, daal chawal or with khichdi as a side dish. If you dont have moong daal vadi then you can crush urad daal mangodi |vadi and use them instead of moong vadi.
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Vadi Baigan /Brinjal Curry
Ingredients
- 350 gms Brinjals / Baingan
- 4 tbsp Moong Vadi mangodi
- 3 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
- 2 small Chopped tomato
- 3 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
- 1/2 tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
- 1 tsp Salt / Namak
- 3 tbsp Mustard Oil / Sarso ka tel
Instructions
- Chop brinjal into medium size pieces.
- Heat oil in a pan,add cumin seed, asafoetida and mangodi’s
- Stir fry on low heat till mangodi and cumin become golden brown.
- Now add turmeric,chilli powder ,brinjal and salt.
- Mix well and add 1 cup water , cover and cook for 15 minutes on low heat till almost done.
- then add chopped tomato, mango powder and fresh coriander.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes or till cooked well.
- Serve hot.
- Serving suggestions– Serve with roti,rice or as a side dish .
faseela says
lovely combo…..awseome….
Spice up the Curry says
this is looking mouth watering
Sayantani says
you have a very unique name what does it mean? the blog is so well thought too. love this mangodi curry.
Kusum says
Nice curry! I love eggplant and I will try this one!
Thank you Maayeka for dropping by my space.
simran says
love this……..somebody gifted me vadis from amritsar..and i've just been sitting on them…this is a lovely recipe to try them out with..thanks.
Hamaree Rasoi says
nice side dish , never added vadis with brinjal …
Deeksha says
looks very inviting and tasty. nice combo. love it.
meena says
awesome. my mom calls it vadi vangan(baingan) ka saag and we had used urad dal ka vadi in this.. looks yummy
Vikis Kitchen says
Very nice curry…looks delicious.
Lavanya says
Looks great
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Hema says
Awesome curry, love those moong vadis in it..
R says
nice combo of flavors!
Roshni says
wow.. this is a new dish for me…
radha says
Looks very good. Alas, no baigan gets bought at our place.
Santosh Bangar says
interesting combo.new to me sounds delicious