Kathirikkai porial - Eggplant curry

Eggplant curry is another spicy South Indian dish which is taken along with sambar/rasam/veg rice.

Ingredients:

Method of preparation:

Cut the eggplants lengthwise. Don’t cut into small pieces because it gets mashed when cooked
Heat a tsp of oil in a kadai and add coriander seeds, urad dal (1 tsp), channa dal and red chillies
Fry them until the lentils turn golden brown
Remove from heat and keep it aside
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds
Once they pop up, add 1 tsp of urad dal followed by eggplants
Keep on tossing the eggplants for few minutes. Add salt and mix well
In between grind the fried spices with curry leaves and make a powder
Cover and cook the eggplants till it becomes soft to touch
Now add the ground powder and oil to the eggplant and combine well
Add oil if required and fry till they become soft and little crispy
Remove from heat.

Serve hot with any rice.

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10 Comment(s)

Love kathirikkai in any way, shape, or form! This is a must try.

Kalai | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
Love this wonderful dish.

Mythreyee | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
yummm love your eggplant curry shriya

sagari | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
wow, i feel like having my luch all over again with some rasam and this curry.Yummy. I usually add a pitlai podi or sambar podi in place of the dal you added.

Archana | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
Looks yummy Nithu!

Daily Meals | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
looks gr8! thanx 4 sharing…

swaroopa | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
Eggplant sounds good right now!

meeso | Feb 14, 2008 | Reply
Hi Kalai, Sagari and Mythreyee, Even i am a big fan of eggplant. Thanks for ur comments.

Hi Archana, Adding pitlai podi/sambar podi also sounds good. Let me try the next time. Thanks for stopping by.

Hi Daily meals and meeso, thanks for ur time and comments…

Nithu | Feb 15, 2008 | Reply
never made poriyal in kathirikai..looks yummy..happy V day

dhivya | Feb 15, 2008 | Reply
Normally I make a more North Indian style aloo-baingan with jeera etc at home - I’ve had this style at weddings/functions only and always thought it was too tough to make; but you make it sound easy I think I’ll give it a try…

apu | Feb 27, 2008 | Reply