BRINJAL AND CHANA DAL SABJI

NOTE: Simple and very easy to make and simply delicious to eat. You can make this dish with white and green brinjal too.

U need:
Purple brinjal : 2 cups cleaned and diced to pieces
Potato: 1 medium washed, peeled and diced
Channa dal: 1/2 cup soaked for 20 mins
Garlic pod:2 peeled and chopped fine
Green chillies: 4 minced fine
Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
Tomato: 1 chopped fine
Lemon juice: 2 tsp
Curry powder: 1 tsp 
      or
Dhaniya powder: 1 tsp
Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Ghee: 2 tablsp
Oil to fry the brinjals and potato
Salt to taste
Sugar: 3/4 th tsp(optional)
Jeera: 1 tsp

Method:
1. Drain the water from the soaked channa dal and pressure cook the dal with 3 tablsp water and turmeric.
When cooked,cool and mash well with a spoon.Add a little lemon juice, little minced green chillies and keep aside.
2. Heat enough oil in a kadai.When hot quickly fry the brinjals first till crisp and then fry the potatoes till brown.Drain excess oil from both and keep in a bowl.
3. In another kadai heat ghee.Add jeera and saute.Add minced garlic,continue stirring.Add the remaining minced chillies and the curry powder/dhaniya powder. Stir well.Add tomatoes.Cook till the tomatoes are soft.
3. Add the fried brinjals and the fried potatoes and cook further.Add salt and sugar. Now add 1/2 cup water and cook till the potatoes are done.Add the mashed channa dal and red chilli powder.
4. Continue cooking till the vegetables and dal is well blended.Add 1 tsp lemon juice.
5. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve hot with rotis or parathas.