Pithau Baigana Bhaja (brinjal dipped with rice batter)

Ingredients:

1 cup rice
1 teaspoon Roasted cumin seeds
1 green chilly
5-6 garlic cloves
1 inch ginger
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
 oil
salt to taste
brinjal (cut into thin slices , wash properly & sprinkle salt & haldi into it)

Method:

Soak rice in water for 1-2 hour. Make a fine paste of the  rice, roasted cumin seeds, green chilli,garlic and ginger by adding a little water in a grinder. pour the paste into a container, add salt and mix well. Keep it aside.
 Heat the tawa on medium flame add oil . Now deep the brinjals one by one in the rice batter and place them on the tawa.  fry well on both sides till they turn crisp.  serve with rice or pollau..