Name: Brinjal Therakal
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: Brinjal 4 no.; Potato 1 no.; Tomato 1 no.; onion 1 no.; Oil 1 tbsp; Fennel seed 1/4 tsp; Pepper corn 10 no.; Cinnamon Small piece

Brinjal Therakal

Brinjal Therakal

Kathirikai therakal is a famous chettinad breakfast sidedish apart from other specialities like Vengaya kosu,Chummakulambhu. In tamil kathirikai means eggplant so this is like eggplant kuruma(korma). I guess nobody does korma with eggplant and its special to karaikudi.

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

Brinjal 4 no.
Potato 1 no.
Tomato 1 no.
onion 1 no.

To Temper:

Oil 1 tbsp
Fennel seed 1/4 tsp
Pepper corn 10 no.
Cinnamon Small piece

Instructions

Chop the brinjal in cube size
Chop the Potato In cube size
Chop onion and tomato
Grind the Ingredients Mentioned above
Heat the oil and temper the Fennel seed, pepper corn, cinnamon and curry leaves and saute the onion for 2 mins
add tomato and mix well
add potato and mix it
add brinjal and mix it
add grinned paste, mix it and add 2 glasses of water and allow to cook the vegetables
once vegetable get cooked and the gravy becomes thick consistency, keep the flame simmer for 5 minutes.
Now brinjal therakkal is ready to serve