Ennai kathirikkai
This is a South Indian spicy dish which is served along with rice or chapathis. People who don’t like Eggplant/brinjal will definitely become a eggplant lover if they taste this.
Ingredients:
- Small brinjals/eggplant : 8
- Cooking oil : 3 tbsp
- Tamarind paste : 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds : 1 tsp
- Curry leaves : a few
- Salt to taste
For masala:
- Oil: 1 tsp
- Coriander seeds : 1 tbsp
- Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
- Urad dal : 1 tsp
- Channa dal : 1 tbsp
- Sesame – 1 tbsp
- Black pepper – 1 tsp
- Cloves -2
- Red chillies: 8 (if small 9-10)
- Coconut : 1/2 cup
- Peanuts : 2 tbsp
- Asafoetida : a pinch
- Salt to taste
Method of Preparation:
Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan and add Cumin seeds, cloves, coriander seeds, urad dal, channa dal, red chillies, pepper, followed by asafoetida respectively.
Dry roast peanuts and sesame separately.
Grind all the above ingredients with coconut and a little salt (coarsely).
Split brinjal into four parts till half leaving the bottom part of the brinjal (see pic) .
Stuff the brinjals with the masala and keep the remaining aside.
Now heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter.
Add curry leaves followed by the stuffed brinjals.
Fry them till it becomes soft to touch. Cover and cook if necessary.
Now add tamarind paste and salt to the remaining masala, mix well and add to the cooked brinjal.
Add little water and mix them gently.
Cover and cook for 5 to 10 minutes till oil comes out of the gravy.
Serve hot with steamed rice and papad/veg curry
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It was simply brilliant!! Kudos to your recipe!!
Thank you for your comments, Siddarth.
I am again gonna be making it today !!YUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!
Happy that you like it a lot.
Sounds delicious! Gonna try it tomorrow> cooking for my MIL. Wish me good luck!
I made this for lunch yesterday. It came out too good. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I had a problem may be i did something wrong,I dont know how u got it in orange color.May be it could do it again and see.
This is what i want.. Thanks for ur recipe.Will make it for lunch
hi its very nice, and i makeing today its very nice,and very help for me this recipe.thanks nithu madam
The recipe turned out very yummy and it was so easy to make….came out exactly as you showed….I loved it even though I hate brijal…it tastes excellent with roti aswell..thank you so much.
I made this for lunch yesterday. It came out too good. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I am happy you liked it. Thanks for stopping by.
I just had for my Lunch.. very yummy…. thanks for this recipe.. i think it authentic andra recipe..
I’ve invited the whole family to ours this xmas for a big dinner, so the roast is pretty central to that.. I found a lot of ideas at this roast recipe site, but cant seem to decide on one – there’s too many to choose from! It is fun planning such a big xmas dinner though!
I tried your recipe with Rice Chapatti (Bhakri in Maharasthra), it was simply yammy… Thanks for the recipe.
Hey nithu,
yesterday thru a google search for ‘ennai kathirikkaai’ landed here. man…one awesome recipe!! we dont get the kutti kathirikkaais here…at one of the veggie shops…spotted it…grabbed it right away! thanks for the simple and detailed steps. The dish turned out so well…that I have still not stopped singing praises for the recipe:))
Thanks Deepu, Patric, Eskitha and Anu. I am glad u all like it.
I made it today, turned out great .Thanks
Thanks Venky.
thamk u for ur recipe. It came out superb. this is what i was searching. thank u so much
Hai Nithu,
You can’t imagine how much I love this recipe. I prepared ennai katharikai and served it to the dearest person of my life and got a sweet smile in return. Thanks a bunch.
Laks
Thanks Ramya and Lakshmi. I am glad u liked it. Check out our other recipes too and enjoy.
Lovely recipe.. managed to impress my wife with some quick cooking. Thanks.
gonna try this today