Ennai Kathirikkai Pulli Kuzhambu

Brinjal is very low in calories and fats, but rich in soluable fiber content. Ennai kathirikkai puli kuzhambu is a simple and delicious recipe which you can make it for lunch. The brinjal is nicely blends while toosing in gingelly oil and cooked in masala gravy, which gives soft texture while having..  

It is one of the yummiest gravy among the south indian kuzhambu variety. So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know it's turns out from you...

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins 

Serve - 4 to 5

Recipe Category - kuzhambu for rice

Recipe Source - my mom..

INGREDIENTS :

Gingelly oil - 4 tspn

Mustard seeds - 1 tspn

Turmeric powder - 1 tspn

Tamarind - a small lemon size (soaked in water)

Brinjal / Kathirikkai - 12 nos (very small)

Salt - to taste

Shallots / Small onions - 4 (chopped)

Curry leaves - few

FOR GRINDING :

Coconut - 1/4 cup (grated)

Shallots / small onions - 7 nos

Dry roast :

Red chilli - 15 nos

Pepper - 1tbspn

Coriander seeds - 1 1/2 tbspn

Sesame seeds - 2 tspn

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

Garlic clove - 2

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn

METHOD :

• Wash the brinjal and make it deep slices on it.. keep aside..
• Dry roast the spices and cool it for 5 mins.
• Now add to the blender and grind it into fine paste. 
• Add in shallots and coconut to the blender grind it into fine paste and keep aside.
• Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup of warm water and extract pulp.
• Wash brinjals and remove their stems. cut it as shown in the picture.
• Heat oil in a pan, add cutted brinjals and toss it in slow flame.
• Now in a bowl add grinded items, turmeric, salt and the turmarind extract mix and keep aside. 
• Heat gingelly oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, allow to splutter add chopped onions, and curry leaves, saute for a min.
• Now pour the masala mixture and bring to boil, add cooked brinjal to the gravy, simmer gravy on low heat for 10 mins.
• Untill gravy is thickenes slightly and oil floats on the top.
• Ennai kathirikkai kuzhambu is ready and serve hot with white rice and appalam.
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Make slices on the brinjals like this

Dry roast items

Roast it in a kadai

Grind into paste

Then take these items to grind

Add to the blender

Into fine paste

Soak tamarind in warm water

Now add oil and cutted brinjals and toss well

Untill it half cooked

Add masala in a bowl and add salt

Turmeric powder and mix well

In a kadai add gingelly oil, mustard

Add in chopped shallots and curry leaves

Pour in mixed masala to that

Drop the fried brinjal into the gravy

Cook till the gravy became thick
and the oil ozzes out..

 Transfer them to a serving bowl

Enjoy..