Brinjal contest entry by Shripriya Ramakrishnan Ingredients: 1. Brinjal: Two cups chopped. 2. Sambhar Onion: About 25 3. Garlic - 10 cloves 4. Tomato - 1 big chopped fine 5. Dhania seeds - 1 teaspoon 6. Kadalai paruppu (bengal gram)- 1 teaspoon 7. Milagu(black pepper) - 2 teaspoons 8. Jeeragam(cumin) - 1 teaspoon 9. Red Chillies - 5 10. Coconut shredded: 3-4 tablespoons 11. Turmeric - lemon sized 12. For seasoning: Gingelly oil, turmeric, asafoetida, methi seeds, mustard, toor dhal, curry leaves 13. Salt : as needed. Method: 1. Fry the items mentioned in no. 5 through 9 in a teaspoon of oil. 2. In a teaspoon of oil, fry about 10-12 sambar onions, Garlic cloves, and tomatoes until they are cooked well. 3. Grind all the fried items in step 1 and 2 into a coarse paste with coconut and some salt. 4. Soak the tamarind and get the tamarind juice of may be 3-4 cups. 5. In a kadai, pour oil and add the items mentioned for seasoning. Once it splutters, add the rest of the sambhar onions a