Recipe: Delicious Ennai Kathirikai / Brinjal Gravy (Sides for Biryani)

Ennai Kathirikai / Brinjal Gravy (Sides for Biryani).

You can cook Ennai Kathirikai / Brinjal Gravy (Sides for Biryani) using 19 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ennai Kathirikai / Brinjal Gravy (Sides for Biryani)

1. It's 20 of Brinjals.
2. You need 2 of medium sized onions.
3. You need 3 of medium sized tomatoes (grinded to paste).
4. Prepare 1/2 spoon of turmeric powder.
5. You need 2 spoons of Coriander powder.
6. Prepare 3 spoons of Chilli powder.
7. Prepare 2 spoons of Ginger garlic paste.
8. It's 1 of lemon size tamarind.
9. Prepare 1/2 spoon of Mustard.
10. Prepare 1/2 spoon of urad dal.
11. Prepare leaves of As required Curry.
12. It's 50 ml of Sesame oil.
13. It's 1 1/2 spoon of salt.
14. It's of For grinding.
15. You need 1 1/2 spoon of Jeera.
16. Prepare 1 1/2 spoon of Fennel.
17. Prepare 1 spoon of Fenugreek.
18. You need 50 grams of peanuts.
19. Prepare 2 spoons of Sesame seeds.

Ennai Kathirikai / Brinjal Gravy (Sides for Biryani) step by step

1. Dry roast the ingredients under the section for grinding.
2. Blend them to a coarse paste and set aside..
3. Dry the brinjals on kitchen towels and slit them into four without removing the stem but cutting the edges.
4. Add 2 spoons oil in a kadai and fry the brinjals.
5. Keep it aside.
6. In the same kadai add some more oil and add mustard and urad dal followed by chopped onions and fry till golden.
7. Add 2 spoons of ginger garlic paste and salt and saute till raw smell goes off.
8. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder and saute till raw smell goes off.
9. Then add the peanut paste and curry leaves and saute for a minute.
10. Then add the blended tomatoes and cover and cook till oil oozes out.
11. Now add tamarind water and cover and cook again till oil oozes out.
12. Then add the fried brinjals and cook till oil oozes out one last time.
13. Best had with biryanis and pulaos..