Ennai Kathirikkai kuzhambu recipe ( with video) - south indian egg plant curry - oil brinjal curry

ENNAI KATHIRIRIKKAI KUZHAMBU (TAMIL VIDEO)

This is a spicy south Indian curry.My mother loved this curry so much as it tastes like her mother's. Now...

Ingredients

Brinjal - 5 small size

Ground tomato - 1

onion - 1/4 cup

garlic - 1/4 cup

mustard seed - 1/4 tsp

cumin seed - 1/4 tsp

fenugreek seed - 1/4 tsp

urad dal - 1/4 tsp

sugar - 1/2 tsp

coriander pdr - 1 1/2 tsp

dry chili pdr - 1 tsp

fennel seed pdr - 1/2 tsp

turmeric - pinch

tamarind - amla size

hing or asafoetida - pinch

curry leaves

Preparation

1. Choose 5 small eggplant, split it like a flower

2. Heat a tsp of oil and fry the brinjal till it become tender.

3. In another pan add 2 tsp of oil and splutter mustard,cumin ,       fenugreek seeds, and urad dal. Add hing and curry leaves

4. Saute garlic and onion one by one till you get brown colour.

5. Now add half fried brinjals and coriander, chili, fennel seed, turmeric powder.

6. You can now add ground tomato ( ground tomato gives colour and thickness to this curry ). Saute all these ingredients for about 2 minutes.

7. Add tamarind extract with enough water. Add salt as per your taste.

8. Adding a tsp of sugar gives mild sweet taste to this brinjal curry.

This is optional.

9. Cook it in medium flame till brinjal become tender.

10. Now you can serve ennai kathirikkai kulambu with hot steamed rice

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