Brinjal fry | Kathirikai vathakkal | Kathirikkai pirattal
Brinjal fry or Kathirikai Vathakkal is a South Indian style stirfry recipe, prepared with small purple brinjals and few spices, can be served with rice, dosa and roti.
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp gingelly oil
- 6 no. Brinjal
- ½ tsp mustard
- ½ tsp cumin
- 1 big onion
- Few curry leaves
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 small tomatoes
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 cup water
Instructions
Preparation:
- Chop washed brinjals into small pieces and put them in water to avoid discoloration and oxidation.
- Cut onions and tomatoes.
Recipe:
- Heat a pan with oil, season with mustard and cumin seeds.
- Let the mustard splutter and add chopped onions.
- Saute onions to translucent state and add ginger garlic paste with curry leaves.
- Fry ginger garlic paste continuously until the raw flavor goes off.
- Add chopped tomatoes with required salt for the masala and cook them to soft texture.
- Now put turmeric powder and chilli powder.
- Add the brinjal pieces and mix well.
- Pour some water, cover and cook the vegetable.
- Usually, brinjal gets cooked fast. So in 5-10 minutes, the brinjals become soft.
- Switch off and serve with hot rice or dosa.
Video
Notes
Tips:
- Use gingelly oil for extra taste.
- If you don’t like ginger garlic paste, you can avoid using it.
- Finally, as an optional ingredient, sprinkle few pinches of pepper powder at last before switching off.
Nutrition
Calories: 70kcal
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