gutti vankaya

Gutti vankaya curry | Stuffed brinjal curry

By Swasthi on August 9, 2022, Comments, Jump to Recipe

Gutti vankaya recipe – Gutti vankaya kura is a popular stuffed brinjal curry recipe from Andhra Cuisine. We make it often at home to go with plain rice or chapati. It is the same as enne badanekai from the North Karnataka cuisine. Sesame seeds are used in north Karnataka which I have not used here.

gutti vankaya

You may also like to check this Gutti dry vankaya fry. To make most stuffed brinjal curry recipes, ingredients like onions, peanuts, coconut, red chilis and mild spices are used.

This andhra style brinjal curry goes perfectly well with white rice, chapathi or even with biryani. Yes, in tamil nadu, biryani is served with egg plant curry. Even in Hyderabadi cuisine, this Bagara baingan is served with biryani.

To make enne badanekai or nune vankaya, brinjal is first stuffed with masala and then shallow fried in oil. To make this healthy, I haven’t used much oil. I just sauteed in little oil.

How to make stuffed brinjal curry

1. Dry roast red chilies and peanuts on a low to medium flame. Peanuts must turn golden, must be roasted well. Chilies must turn crisp. If using red chili powder, skip using chilies.

roasting peanuts for gutti vankaya kura

2. Lower the flame completely.Add coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom. Toss for a minute without burning.

roasting spices chili for gutti vankaya kura recipe

3. Add grated or chopped coconut. Saute until it turns aromatic.

frying coconut to make stuffed brinjal

4. Wash brinjals and slit them diagonally with the stalks intact. Keep them in salted water till we use. Cool them and add to a blender with salt and lemon juice or tamarind paste.

making spice powder

5. Blend well to a fine powder. Check the taste and if needed add more chili powder, salt or lemon juice.

lemon salt chili for curry

6. Stuff the brinjals with the ground powder.

stuff egg plants for gutti vankaya kura recipe

7. Heat a pan with oil. Splutter mustard and cumin. Add curry leaves and hing too.

tempering to make brinjal curry

8. Add onions and slit green chili. Fry until they turn golden.

sauteing onions

9. Add ginger garlic paste. Fry until the raw smell goes away.

frying ginger garlic paste

10. This step is optional. You can also skip using tomato. Add tomato, very little salt and turmeric. You can also add a bit of chili powder if desired.

tomato frying

11. Saute until the tomatoes turn mushy and blend well with onions.

making andhra style gutti vankaya curry

12. Add the stuffed brinjals. Saute them well for 2 to 3 mins.

13. Add water just enough to cook them and make a gravy. If any powdered stuffing is left, you can add that now to the pan.

addition of water for gutti vanakaya curry

14. Cook covered on a low to medium heat, stirring occasionally. Adjust the amount of water to make thin gravy.

cooked brinjal curry

15. When the brinjals are wilted off completely and the skin looks loose, it means they are cooked well. Taste the brinjal curry and adjust the salt. Sprinkle coriander leaves.

gutti vankaya kura curry recipe

Serve gutti vankaya kura with rice, roti or plain biryani.

If you love brinjal, You may like this collection of brinjal recipes. For more brinjal curry recipes, you can also check Aloo baingan masala.

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gutti vankaya kura curry

Gutti vankaya kura or curry

Gutti vankaya kura – Stuffed egg plant curry popularly known as gutti vankaya in andhra pradesh and enne badanekai in karnataka
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Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Servings3
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )

  • 4 to 6 brinjals or vankayalu (young egg plants)
  • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • ¾ cup onions thinly sliced
  • 1 tomato small , chopped (optional)
  • 2 green chili slit
  • 1 to 1½ tbsp lemon juice or tamarind paste as needed
  • 1 Handful coriander leaves chopped
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • ¼ tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp cumin (or jeera)
  • 2 tbsp oil

to roast and powder

  • 4 tbsp peanuts
  • 2 tbsp coconut desiccated or fresh coconut
  • 1 to 2 tbsp sesame seeds or nuvvulu (optional)
  • 1 tbsp coriander seeds (or sabut daniya)
  • ½ tsp cumin (or jeera)
  • 1 cinnamon stick small (or dalchini, optional)
  • 2 cloves (or laung, optional)
  • 2 green cardamom (or elaichi, optional)
  • 4 to 6 red chilies or 1 tsp red chili powder (byadgi chilies or any red chili pow)


Instructions

Preparation

  • Roast and powder all the ingredients under to roast and powder. Each ingredient to be roasted separately/ add salt and lemon juice and mix well.
  • Wash and cut brinjals with one end of the brinjal and the stalk leaving intact.
  • keep them immersed in salted water till you use.

making gutti vankaya kura

  • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard, cumin and curry leaves,
  • Once they begin to splutter, add onions and green chilies, fry till they turn golden.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes away. Add chopped tomato, turmeric and salt. Cook until the tomato turns mushy. If needed cover and cook on a low heat.
  • Stuff the brinjals and add them to the pan and fry just for 2 to 3 minutes. Make sure the brinjals are coated with enough oil. do not burn
  • Pour water just enough to cook brinjals. Adjust salt. Cover and cook on a low to medium flame.
  • Once they are fully cooked and tender, add the finely chopped coriander leaves. cover and off the heat.
  • Serve gutti vankaya kura with rice or chapathi.


Notes

using some variety of red chilies lends a slightly bitter taste to the gravy. so if you do not have byadgi chilies, use the regular chili powder.

Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Gutti vankaya kura or curry
Amount Per Serving
Calories 421 Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Fat 20g31%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Sodium 132mg6%
Potassium 1879mg54%
Carbohydrates 57g19%
Fiber 25g104%
Sugar 29g32%
Protein 12g24%
Vitamin A 755IU15%
Vitamin C 126.7mg154%
Calcium 157mg16%
Iron 4.4mg24%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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5 stars
Hi, what is quantity of tamarind, I should add for 4-6 small brinjals

I used cashews instead of peanuts my dish is still cooking let’s see how it will turn out?

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I like it so much its yummmy thank you for the awesome recipe.

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You may help really, thank you.

Hi,

The sesame seeds you say 1-2 tablespoons, just to confirm? Also its not shown in the pictures, so assuming its just you didn’t have any when cooking on that day Does adding it make a lot of difference? Thanks

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The recipe works out and it tastes good. You may need 2/3 attempts to get it right. I use this site as a reference or to try something new. Thanks for sharing your hard work.

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Tried this delicious recipe today. Came out really well and my family enjoyed it 🙂 I been following your blog for many months now. I am huge fan of your blog. Keep it coming 🙂

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I’ve been following Swathi’s recipes for sometime now.. Everytime they turned out good
and this one too.
Thank you for awesome recipes.

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This is for the first time i happen to cook this recipe which turned to be a big success …thank u swathi garu. I do follow your recipes many a times. Keep up the work Mam..

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Having tasted this in andhra many times I wanted to try this and was so glad you had posted this recipe. Fail proof recipes always! Loved it so much. Thank you!

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Successfully cooked with white Brinjal. Used readymade coconut powder..fried slightly. Due to shortage of time cooked in the pressure cooker in low flame for two whistles. The result is excellent. And the combination next was Tomato rasam with the left over powder paste made for the gutti vankaay stuffing. Oh…it is too good. Thank you Madam.

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Sooo yummy! This is my first ever recipe comment, I had to leave a word.
I doubled the recipe and roasted a bit of tamarind with the spice mix. Added a couple of tomatoes (pureed) as I wanted a thicker gravy.. Also squeezed a bit of lemon at the end.
It turned out beautifully, this recipe is a keeper!! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂

Swathi mam, I tried your recipe today. It tasted great.thank you .

Hey u didn’t mention tomatoes in ingredients. How many should I use?

Thanks very much for the recipe, I’ve tried it a few time and it’s a hit every single time.

I have a question though, when we make roasted spice powder for this recipe and a few others, can I use dried coconut powder instead of fresh coconut?

Thanks again.

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Thank you

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Tried the recipe today n it came out so delicious… Thank you very much.

Where was the tamarind used in stuffed gutti vankaya curry?

Tried this at home. Very nice. The whole family like this. Thank you.

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I love u r recipe

We cooked idlis @ home,It was marvelous,
Thank you