Quick Brinjal Vegetable (Sabzi)

Two days back I came home from office ready to make the subzi for the rotis. I was confident that some vegetables would be there and i would cut, chop, and cook.
That's all there is to making a vegetable.Ha !
When I opened the fridge I was in for a rude shock.
There were 3 small ,pathetic looking, sad brinjals. And the rest of the frigde was as bare as Mother Hubbard's Cupboard.!! Whatever was I to do, my son Ramesh would be home in half an hour, and look expectantly at the dining table, then at the fridge.

Never one to say die, I looked around for something else to go with the brinjals. I discovered two shrivelled tomatoes, probably kept aside for a salad. WELL Sorry -- no salad today ..!
I grabbed the tomatoes, rather I clutched the 2 tomatoes, as if somebody was waiting to snatch them from my hands..

Then I went to the onion basket. Thank God!! there was better luck here Three big onions. WILL do I thought to myself in glee.

The dinner was saved by the onions. They would provide the body for the vegetables !..!..

I put all the vegetables into a tub of water.... Then peeled the onions and cut them into one inch cubes
Next came the brinjals , sufficiently rehydrated !...!..now. I destemmed them and cut them into one and half inch length strips. I took a medium sized kadai put 3, maybe 4 spoons cooking oil nd 2 pinches of mustard seeds, and a dash of hing. Then I added the onions and tossed them for 5 minutes on high flame. Now I added the brinjal peices, 2 pinches of haldi and a teaspoon of salt.

Now I was ready for the tomatoes shrivelled no longer, nicely rehydrated. Chopped them into one inch pieces and added them to the kadai. NOW !...! I knew I had surely forgotten something. The best thing was to taste a piece of brinjal... which I did. OH ! no.. I had completely forgotten the green chillies.I ran to the fridge and yanked the door open, God help me, I mutterred. and you wont believe it. there were four healthy lucious green chillies.. S a v e d !!.. !...
. I snatched up two chillies cut each into 3 one inch pieces , and dumped them into the kadai.
A lovely mouth watering aroma invaded th kitchen. Saved.

Saved by three shrivelled , miserable brinjals ..!...! .