Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Brinjal and potato curry(Egg plant curry)

Brinjal is one of the outstanding vegetable.If we prepare anything out of brinjal it will give excellent taste. Here comes the procedure how to make egg plant curry with potato combination.

This gives a good combo with chapatis or hot rice and ghee.

As this curry will comes in gravy type it is a good combination for chapatis,roti's or rice.

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Ingredients:



  • Egg Plants:4(medium and tender)

  • Potatoes:2.

  • Onion:1 (medium sized).

  • Tomato:1(medium sized).

  • Garlic cloves:5-6.

  • Dry grated coconut:3-4 tbsp.

  • Red chilli powder:2 tsp.(adjust to your spice level).

  • Salt:as required.

  • Mustard seeds:1 /2 tsp.

  • Jeera seeds:1/2 tsp.

  • Curry leaves:5-6 leaves.

  • Turmeric powder:1 pinch.

  • Coriander powder:1 tsp.

  • oil:2 tbsp.

  • Ghee:1 tbsp.

  • Coriander leaves(chopped):2 tbsp.

  • Red chillies:2 (slit).


Procedure:



  • First cut the brinjal into small pieces and peel the potato skin and cut into small pieces and keep it in salt water because if we keep brinjal and potato pieces in salt water they may not turn black.

  • Cut the onion and tomato into small pieces.

  • Grind the grated coconut and garlic cloves into fine powder.

  • Heat the oil in a kadai and crackle mustard seeds.

  • Now add jeera and slitted red chillies into that oil.

  • Now add onion pieces and fry turn into translucent.

  • Now add ground coconut and gralic cloves and fry for 1/2 min.

  • Now add potato pieces and fry for 2-3 min.

  • Add brinjal pieces and fry for 2-3 min.

  • Now add  enough  water to boil ,salt,red chilli powder,coriander powder and close lid until it boil.

  • Now add ghee and close lid for 1-2 min.

  • Now add chopped coriander and remove from stove.

  • Now serve hot with chapatis or hot rice with ghee and papad.


Note:



  • Always select tender and fresh brinjals.

  • Don't over boil the brinjal pieces because it will spoil the taste.


With in next few days i will post another brinjal varieties like vangi bhath,Gutti vankaya koora.

 

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