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Brinjal Curry For Biryani

Sauted Brinjal Curry - perfect with biriyani
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g Young purple brinjals
  • 1 no Onion sliced, medium
  • 2 nos Tomato chopped, large
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • 1 lime Tamarind Puli
  • Salt As reqd
  • 4 tsp Jaggery(powdered) Sharkkara
  • 1/4 cup Coriander leaves chopped

For seasoning:-

  • 3/4 cup Oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • 20 nos Curry leaves

Instructions
 

  • Cut brinjals in 4 upto one inch of the stem leaving the stem intact.
  • Heat oil in a kadai(wok).
  • Splutter mustard, pepper and curry leaves.
  • Add the sliced onion and the brinjals and fry till the onions are brown and the brinjals discoloured.
  • Add ground Masala 1, tomatoes and ginger-garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears and the whole is well blended which would take 5 mins.
  • Pour a cup of water, add the ground Masala 2, tamarind extract, salt to taste, jaggery and the required amount of water to make a thick gravy.
  • Allow the curry to simmer till the brinjals become soft and cooked.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.
  • :- Serve with biriyani.
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