EGGPLANT DISH – ENNAI KATHIRIKAI KULAMBU IN 30 MINS

Ennai Kathirikai Kulambu with rice is an easy lunch idea in 30 minutes. It is a quick and flavorful eggplant dish made with spices, tamarind, and coconut.

 

An Easy Lunch Ideas with eggplant:

Eggplant is known as brinjal in India. It is a popular vegetable that people use in many dishes like Baingan Bharta, Vangi Bhath and Spicy stuffed eggplant curry. Ennai Kathirikai kulambu is a spicy and flavorful curry using eggplant, it is a popular curry in South India. This is my favorite curry recipe because I love tangy and spicy taste together. Eggplants takeless time to cook, so you can make it in few minutes. Eggplant curry with spicy potato fry is my favorite combo. You can also serve this curry with boiled eggs also. So this curry is the easiest option to make for the lunch.

Smart Cooking Tips:

1. Wash and make four slits on bottom of the eggplants as I shown in the picture and check thoroughly for worms because eggplants sometimes contain worms.

2. Shake off the excess water from washed eggplants and pat dry using a kitchen towel before adding it to the oil. Because if it has water then the oil starts to pop and splutter out of a pan.

3. Cook eggplants in a low to medium flame to avoid burning it.

4. Adjust adding tamarind according to your taste because I love the tangy taste, so I added one tsp of tamarind concentrate. You can also add raw tamarind, soak 30 gms of tamarind in 1 to 1.50 cup of water and extract juice and use it in the curry.

5. This curry should be little thick so avoid adding more quantity of water.

6. You can also replace the coconut with coconut milk.

A Quick Meals for Dinner:

Eggplant curry with rice is a quick meal that you can make in 30 minutes. Whenever I make this curry I simply serve it egg pepper fry for my family for a complete meal. Eggplant curry, rice and egg pepper fry together take an hour to cook and also it is a healthy and delicious menu for dinner, even papad goes well with curry.

EGGPLANT DISH – ENNAI KATHIRIKAI KULAMBU IN 30 MINS

Ennai Kathirikai Kulambu with rice is an easy lunch idea in 30 minutes. It is a quick and flavorful eggplant dish made with spices, tamarind, and coconut.

• 4 no EGGPLANT
• 2 no ROMA TOMATO
• 1 no ONION CHOPPED
• 3 tbsp OIL
• 0.25 tsp MUSTARD SEEDS
• 0.50 tsp URAD DAL
• 0.50 tsp FENUGREEK SEED
• 10 no CURRY LEAVES
• 8 gms GARLIC
• 1 tsp GINGER GRATED
• 1 tsp TAMARIND
• 1.50 cup WATER
• 1 tbsp CORIANDER POWDER
• 1 tbsp RED CHILI POWDER
• 1.50 tsp SALT (to taste)
• 0.50 tsp TURMERIC POWDER
• 0.25 cup COCONUT SHREDDED
• 1 tsp CUMIN SEED

1. Wash the eggplants and make four slits on bottom of the eggplants as I shown in the picture.

2. In a pan heat a tbsp of oil, add eggplants and roast in a medium flame until it becomes soft and the color changes slightly. Remove eggplants from the oil and keep it aside until needed. Be careful when placing eggplants in the oil because the moisture content in the eggplants makes oil to pop and splutter out of the pan.

3. In the same pan, heat two tbsp of oil, add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Add urad dal, fenugreek seeds and saute until the color changes into golden brown.

4. Add chopped garlic, grated ginger and saute until the nice aroma comes out.

5. Add curry leaves, chopped onion and cook until the onion becomes soft. Add chopped tomatoes and cook until it becomes soft and mushy.

6. Add coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Cook until the spices lose its raw smell.

7. Add 1.50 cups of water, tamarind concentrate and mix well. Allow it to boil for five minutes. If you are using raw tamarind, soak in a hot water for ten minutes and extract juice from it and add to the curry.

8. Add roasted eggplants, cover and cook for five minutes. Grind shredded coconut with cumin seeds to a smooth paste and add it to the curry. Reduce the flame and boil for another 5 minutes and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

 

How to serve Ennai Kathirikai Kulambu?

Serve Ennai Kathirikai Kulambu with rice, idli or dosa. I love to have it with roti or chapati also.

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