Kathirikkai Kara Poriyal

These days I perfer to cook very easy recipe and get out of the kitchen quickly. I usually take this along with chapathi but well goes with sambar rice / lemon rice / curd rice. This can be made with any variety of brinjal / egg plant whatever is available based on the season.

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 4

INGREDIENTS :

Brinjal / egg plant - 7- 8 nos (cut into bite pieces)

Chilli flakes - 1 tbspn

Garlic paste - 1 1 tspn

Onion - 2 small size (chopped)

Sambar powder - 1 tspn

Garam masala- 1 tspn

Salt - as needed

Gingelly oil - 3 tspn

METHOD :

• Clean brinjal and cut them into bite size pieces.
• In a pan heat oil, garlic paste and toss well untill raw smell gone.
• Then add in chopped onions and brinjal and toss it well in the oil.
• Cover and cook it for 10 mins till the oil separates.
• Add in salt, chilli flakes, sambar powder, garam masala powder and fry them in slow flame for 15 mins untill it's done.
• Stir it often so that the masala get's mixed evenly. 
• Now it's ready to serve with rices.....

PICTORIAL :

Take brinjal and clean it

Cut it into small pieces

Now take your ingredients

Heat a pan with oil

Garlic paste

Then add in chopped onions

Toss well untill transparent

Add in brinjal

Toss well for 5 mins

Close it and cook

After 5 mins open the lid

Once mix lightely

Add in salt

Chilli flakes

Sambar powder

Garam masala powder

Mix lightly

Cook it for 15 mins in low flame

Now it's ready

Serve hot 

Enjoy .....