Friday, May 6, 2011

KATHIRIKAI KARI / BRINJAL CURRY WITH GARLIC

Kathirikai Kari
   Back after a hectic trip to the most awaited wedding in the family. Thanks to the fellow blogger friends,who poured in hearty comments generously though I was not visiting your blogs for past 3 weeks Applause. And coming to the recipe, this is another trademark recipe of my MIL. I learnt this recipe from her and this time I wanted to click pictures while she makes the curry and wanted to blog it,unfortunately could not.She told the recipe and method and asked me to blog later. She made this for me specially on the day we were leaving back to SG,how sweet Batting Eyelashes !!

Ingredients

Brinjal 10
Garlic 10 flakes
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Sambar powder 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/8 tsp
Salt As needed
Coconut oil (optional) 1 tsp
To temper
Oil 2 tblsp
Mustard 3/4 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Channa dal 2 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig
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Method

  1. Cut brinjal length wise,onion length wise and chop the tomatoes.Peel garlic and if the flakes are big,cut them into two.
  2. Boil brinjal with garlic along with salt,turmeric and sambar powder(you can replace sambar powder with red chilli powder too) Brinjal gets cooked very soon so take care not to over cook them.After done,drain them and keep a side.
  3. boil boiled
  4. Heat a pan/kadai with oil and temper with the items given under the ‘To temper’ table. Fry onions till transparent and add the tomatoes with required salt.
  5. Temper tomato
  6. When tomatoes turn mushy,add the boiled brinjal, mix well and cook in medium flame until the oil separates from the curry and the masala turns brown here and there. Do not turn frequently,just let it brown evenly.
  7. add brinjal Browned
  8. Serve as accompaniment for rice…!
Brinjal recipe curry
Notes
  • You can try cooking the brinjal in the pan directly,rather boiling it and adding separately. Next time I am going to try that to simplify the work …
  • Try mixing this with ghee/sesame oil with hot steamed rice,tastes excellent!! 
  • You have to be generous in adding oil to this curry(my maami says)

49 Stars(comments):

srividhya Ravikumar said...

OMG...Tempting raks...looks awesome..

Sanctified Spaces said...

Such a simple curry.My mom makes the same with drumsticks.Tastes great with sambar rice.Nice step by step illustration.

jeyashrisuresh said...

thats quite an interesting way of making the brinjals.adding garlic will surely enhance the flavour.

Suparna said...

Hi good to see you back. Hope you had a good time :P
simple preparations are really tasty and comforting! thanks for the recipe, good one raji :P

GEETHA ACHAL said...

Nice to see you back....Hope you had a great time in India..

Me too used to make the same way..But used to add the brinjals directly ...

Kurinji said...

So tempting curry Raji.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Perfect with rasam rice.........

VineelaSiva said...

Curry looks yummy Rak.Love it.Adding garlic gives nice taste.

Prathibha said...

Simple n yummy curry..I cook brinjal together in d spices...but never added this much of garlic..will try next time..

Amarendra said...

Good twist to recipe by using garlic.. I am going to try this..Thanks.

Kairali sisters said...

Great curry , i love brinjal and i love garlic, so both together is heavenly food for me!!Awesome recipe raks...

Laavanya said...

That looks great. I don't think i've ever cooked brinjals separately like that before for a curry.

aipi said...

Super duper delicious curry-~ loved the loads of garlic in there~ Perfect for me :)
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Shanavi said...

Perfect any rice .. But I cook a little diff way, I don boil the veggie seperately ..

Sharmilee! :) said...

I too am liking brinjal these days...looks very nice with the flavour of garlic

Smitha said...

the flavors of eggplant with garlic and tomato is awesome!...I make it sometimes!..like it!

Smitha
Smitha's Spicy Flavors

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

I am literally drooling over it, it looks absolutely delicious :)

Torviewtoronto said...

love the flavours delicious curry

Jay said...

wow...sounds divine..must try this one..!

Shobana senthilkumar said...

Nice tempting one...

Suja said...

Tempting curry..superb

JishasKitchen said...

wow...that looks so perfect and delicious....I have some brinjals in my fridge, will try this recipe...

Happy Cook / Finla said...

I have never had curyy like this looks so so delicious.

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Amazingly simple to cook yet delicious looking brinjal curry dear. Loved the recipe and it's clicks.

Deepa

divya said...

wow.. i am drooling here.looks so good..

Pushpa said...

My fav with rasam rice.Irresistible brinjal fry.

Raji said...

Simple but lovely curry...lovely flavour of garlic.

Cool Lassi(e) said...

I love this curry. It looks super delicious and truly mouthwatering.

Swathi said...

Brinjal and garlic goes well. Looks awesome.

Priti said...

Looks gud n gud to see you back ...

savitha ramesh said...

Curry is truly delicious.love it with rice too.

Premalatha Aravindhan said...

Welcome back Raji,brinjal is my fav...delicious recipe...

Sowmya said...

My fav curry..makes me drool ;)

Priya said...

Delicious curry, can have it just with curd rice..yumm!

Kavitha Bhargav said...

Simple yet tasty. Guess what? Just prepared baingan bartha yesterday for breakfast and another brinjal recipe from your blog when I opened the dashboard. Great people think alike, right? he... heee....

Akila said...

my favorite...

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Anu said...

Curry looks yummy dear... nan unga oats idly try panan romba nala vanthathu.. Yen blog la upload panuran time kedaikum pothu..

kaveri said...

Curry looks yumm...nice clicks...

Usha said...

Interesting, never boiled brinjals before tempering it... Curry looks tasty though!

Now Serving said...

Adding garlic is a nice new twist to this! yummy curry!

vidhas said...

YUMMY CURRY. I LOVE BRINJAL, WILL SURELY TRY THIS, WHEN DID U COME TO CHENNAI.

Chitra said...

I love to try this now. have brinjal @home.will do it. Another yummy side dish from ur maami :) thnx for sharing..

revathi said...

Yummy tasty curry:) awesome..
Reva

sanjeeta kk said...

This is one simple and scrumptious recipe, Raji!


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Plateful said...

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of brinjal but that first picture makes me crave for your curry, ahh!

Vardhini said...

Wow how tempting .. I love brinjal and garlic. What a perfect combination. Pictures are drool worthy :)

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Raji said...

Hi, I really liked look of the curry and tried out. It came out yummy and it was really Divine with Ghee & Curd rice.

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Thanks so much for trying and the prompt feed back Raji :)

Texan said...

Boiling the brinjal with water is faster than cooking in the kadai but it wont work if you attempt to cook it with dry spice. Nice variation of boiling with water.

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