Thursday, September 29, 2011

Brinjal(Eggplant) Curry /Kathirika Kolambu

This is my favorite dish.My mom makes it for me, whenever I go home.

Ingredients
4 Brinjal (Chinese Eggplant is best) - cut into 2 inch by 1 inch pieces
6 Garlic
1/2 Teaspoon Fenugreek
Pinch of Hing (Peringayam)
4 Big spoon of Oil.
1/2 Teaspoon mustard seed
1/2  Teaspoon urdhal seed
Lime-sized Tamarind, mixed with water to create a tamarind juice (take out seeds and pulp)
1/4 Teaspoon Tumeric powder

Grind
3 Red Chilli
 2 1/2 TeaSpoon Cumin Seed
1/2 Teaspoon Pepper
10 Small Onion

Put all the things under label Grind into mixie and make it into a paste.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, fenugreek, hing, mustard seed, urdhal seed, tumeric powder, fry for 1 minute until mustard seeds pop. Then add garlic pods and brinjal.Fry til the brinjal is slightly soft and the color of brinjal is changed. Put the paste into the pressure cooker and tamarind juice. Add salt and pressure cooker it for 7 minutes.


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