Chettinad brinjal (kathirikai) masala

Name: Chettinad brinjal (kathirikai) masala
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Brinjal -; 1 tsp Coriander seeds -; 2 tsp Peanut -; 1 inch Cinnamon stick -; 2 clove; 1 Elaichi -; 1 inch Ginger; 1 tsp Fenugreek -; 10 cloves Garlic -; 8 Red chillies; 1/2 cup Scrumblled coconut -; 1 tsp Black seasame seeds -; 1 Onion - sliced (big); 1 Tomato - sliced (big); 10 Curry leaves; as per taste Salt; as required Sesame oil; As required Tamarind sauce - (optional); 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds -; 1/2 tsp Jeera -; 1/4 tsp Asofoiedita -; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder -; 1/2 tsp Chilli powder -

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Ingredients

25mins

4 servings

1/2 kgBrinjal -
1 tspCoriander seeds -
2 tspPeanut -
1 inchCinnamon stick -
2clove
1Elaichi -
1 inchGinger
1 tspFenugreek -
10 clovesGarlic -
8Red chillies
1/2 cupScrumblled coconut -
1 tspBlack seasame seeds -
1Onion - sliced (big)
1Tomato - sliced (big)
10 Curry leaves
as per tasteSalt
as required Sesame oil
As requiredTamarind sauce - (optional)
1/2 tspMustard seeds -
1/2 tspJeera -
1/4 tspAsofoiedita -
1/4 tspTurmeric powder -
1/2 tspChilli powder -

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Steps

25mins

1

Wash fresh brinjals and just cut the inside of veg (don't make it slices) then put it in water
2

Fry peanut, coriander seeds, black seasame seeds seperately and then fry cinnamon sticks, glove, yelachi with Fenugreek once splutter remove from heat
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4

Fry red chillies without oil and also coconut
5

Make a paste into all the fried ingredients with ginger garlic...
6

Now, we have to stuff this paste into sliced Brinjals... Rest in 15min....
7

Pour sesame oil in kadai add Mustard seeds, Jeera, curry leaves, asofoiedita, onion, Tomato one by one... Then add stuffed Brinjal with this... Slightly satue... then cover it for next 5mins... Stir in between
8

Then add the masala paste with Brinjal and some water also... Adjust salt as required and leave it to boil at least next 5min...
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Now tasty aromatic traditional South Indian Chettinad brinjal (kathirikai) masala ready
10

If you want add 1/4cup tamarind sauce in this masala (you can use small onion sized tamarind to extract sauce)
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Serve with Rice and Pappad tasty