Name: Tamil Nadu Ennai Kathirikkai
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 8 nos Brinjals (Kathirikkai); 2 nos Onions (sliced to small); 1 whole Garlic (slit); 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 2 tbsp Coriander seeds; 4 nos Red chillies; 4 tbsp Oil; 1 tbsp Tamarind paste; 3 sprigs Coriander leaves (finely chopped); Salt (As reqd)

Tamil Nadu Ennai Kathirikkai

Tamilnadu Ennai Kathirikkai is an authentic Chettinad delicious dish with spicy tangy generous gravy. The dish tastes yummy with hot rice and chappatis. Tamil Nadu Ennai Kathirikkai requires farm fresh brinjals and the dish is loaded with lots of nutritional requirements. We have shared a well illustrated Tamil Nadu Ennai Kathirikkai in simple descriptive steps. Even new comers as well as bachelors are recommended to try the simple dish. The slit brinjals are deep fried in hot oil until the inside is cooked completely. The fried brinjals are finally cooked in a spicy tamarind mixture. The yummiest thick gravy can be paired up with almost anything. Enjoy Tamil Nadu Ennai Kathirikkai dish with loved ones.

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

8 nos Brinjals Kathirikkai
2 nos Onions sliced to small
1 whole Garlic slit
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tbsp Coriander seeds
4 nos Red chillies
4 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp Tamarind paste
3 sprigs Coriander leaves finely chopped
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Wash brinjals and put two slits lengthwise.
:- Do not cut it into pieces.
Heat 4 tbsp of oil in a hard bottomed pan.
Fry the brinjals till it gets cooked completely.
Take brinjals from the fire, and keep it aside.
In the remaining oil, saute onions and garlic in the same pan.
Add coriander seeds, red chillies, turmeric powder and stir well till it gets brown in color.
Grind the mixture to a paste.
Add tamarind and water and salt to the paste and let it boil.
Add fried brinjals to boiling gravy and stir slowly for 5 - 10 mins.
Garnish Ennai Kathirikkai with coriander leaves.
:- Serve hot Ennai Kathirikkai with rice and chapathi.

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Tamil Nadu Ennai Kathirikkai