Star Apple (Nakshatra Nerale) Raitha (Mosaru Gojju)

Ingredients:
20 - 25 Star Apples / Nakshatra Nerale
1 medium sized Onion
2 cups Curd / Yogurt
1 cup Milk
1 - 2 Green Chillies
4 - 5 strands of Coriander leaves
Small piece of Ginger
3 - 4 flakes of Garlic
Pinch of Asafetida powder
1 tsp Mustard seeds
4 - 5 Curry leaves
Salt to taste
1-2 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Cut each star fruit, remove the seeds and chop them into small pieces as shown in the picture below. Chop the onion, coriander leaves, ginger into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Put this chopped ingredients in a vessel, add curd, milk, salt and mix them well. Mash the green chillies and mix them well. Remove the outer cover of garlic and mash them. Put the mashed garlic, oil in a pan and fry them in medium flame until they turn light golden in color. Add mustard seeds and once it starts spluttering, add pinch of asafetida powder, curry leaves and keep this for few seconds and add it to Raitha. Mix well before serving. It goes well with rice or any rice items like Pulao, Bisi Bele Bath, etc.

Badanekayi (Eggplant/Brinjal) Bajji (Podi / Fritters)

Ingredients:
2 medium sized Eggplant / Brinjal / Badanekayi
1.5 - 2 cups Bengal Gram flour / Besan flour / Kadle hudi
1/4 cup Rice flour / Akki hudi
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1.5 - 2 tsp Chilly powder
Pinch of Cooking Soda
Big pinch of Asafoetida powder / Hingu
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeerige
15 - 20 Carom seeds / Ajwain seeds / Oma
Oil

Recipe:

Cut the eggplant into medium sized pieces as shown in the picture below. Put little amount of buttermilk, salt, around 3-4 cups of water in a vessel and soak the chopped eggplant in this water for about 5 mins. Remove the eggplant pieces from water and keep it aside.

Put rice flour, bengal gram flour, asafetida, cumin seeds, ajwain seeds, cooking soda, garam masala, salt, chilly powder in a vessel. Mix them well by adding sufficient amount of water. (Don't make the batter too thin.)

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Take each piece of eggplant, dip it in batter and deep fry it in oil.

Serve hot along with tomato ketchup.