Brinjal stir fry (Airfried)
Hola! Who dat person who picks veggies from their backyard fresh to make their food? It me!!! and it’s true and I couldn’t be more excited. But oh well, it’s not exactly backyard. It’s a 2 minutes walk from my house within the community. There is a small patch of land reserved for residents within community who are free to carve out a small piece for themselves and grow/ tend to plants. My mil & I took a small portion when we moved here and we have had a decent season with brinjals/ tomatoes and some greens. I have always grown up in cities and have only seen Tulsi plant in the balcony growing up. From that to being able to grow veggies (however less in quantity) is a gratifying experience and feeling. We now almost always end up having brinjals weekly once (and since it’s my fil’s favourite, no complaints there about a repeat dish all the time :)).
Anywho, I picked these brinjals day before yesterday from our patch and decided to do a quick air fry! I love air frying brinjals out of the lot because they turn out both crispy (outer layer) and soft/ mushy (inner layer) and that is just perfect because sometimes when you air fry some veggies, they end up dry.
On a personal front, Adya, mil & fil will be back in a few days. So it’s my last weekend of being a vetti officer. While I enjoyed the break from A and had a lot of time for myself (aka binge watched Netflix), I can’t wait for the little vaandu to be back to rule over my life :). I honestly didn’t think I’d yearn for him to come back but I do! So yayyy, can’t wait for April 6th :).
- 3 nos medium brinjals
- 1/8 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/8 tsp asafoetida
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
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Wash and remove the brinjal stalk and then chop the brinjals into small cubes.
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Place the chopped brinjal in a bowl of water and then scrub the brinjal cubes with your fingers (to get rid of seeds as much possible).
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Remove the brinjal from the water. Repeat this wash/ scrub process once again.
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Now place the brinjal on a kitchen towel & gently pat it dry (there will some seeds that will tap off at this stage as well).
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Finally place the washed/ dried brinjal cubes in a dry bowl. To this, add 1/8t turmeric paper, 1/8t asafoetida, 1/2t red chilli powder, 1/4t salt, 1t vegetable oil and mix everything together ensuring the brinjal cubes are all coated with the seasoning.
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Spread the brinjal cubes on an airfryer basket and airfry for 20mins in a preheated airfryer oven at 200c
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Once done, take it out of the oven, transfer to a bowl/ plate and have hot hot!
- I have an airfryer oven at home. If you use an airfryer, then you might need to airfry this only for 10 mins or so.
- You can pan fry this dish as well. Would require a bit more oil than this recipe calls for though.
- I love making veggies in my airfryer oven because it’s such a time saving as well as super tasty result option.
- Ensure to pat dry the brinjal cubes before mixing with seasoning & oil. Else the output would be soggy.
