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Ingredientes
- Baby Eggplant, cut a '+' on the bottom
- 1cup
- Purple Yam, peeled and chopped (I used frozen purple yam)
- 1cup
- Surti Papadi, stringed and cut (I used frozen surti lilva)
- 1
- Small Sweet potato, peeled and cut into big pieces
- ¼cup
- Surti papdi seeds (I used frozen vaal beans)
- 1 Recipe
- Methi Muthiyas
- To taste
- Salt
- 2tbsp
- Oil
- ¼tsp
- Asafoetida (Hing)
- ½tsp
- Carom seeds (Ajwain)
- ¼tsp
- Turmeric
- ½tsp
- Ground Coriander
- ½tsp
- Ground Cumin
- ½tsp
- Sugar
- For Oondhiyu Masala:
- ¼cup
- Dry grated Coconut
- ¼cup
- Roasted Peanuts
- 3tbsp
- Roasted Sesame seeds
- ½cup
- Fresh Cilantro, chopped
- 1~2tsp
- Sugar
- 1tsp
- Ground Coriander
- 1tsp
- Ground Cumin
- 1tsp
- Red Chili powder
- 1tsp
- Lemon juice
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