Kathirikkai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe

Introduction: Kathirikkai Kara Kuzhambu is famous south Indian tangy recipe for rice and side dish for tiffin. Brinjal lovers, will like this recipe very much. My dad’s favorite vegetable is Brinjal! Often, my mom used to make kathirikkai Kuzhambu. I learned this recipe from my mom. She makes it in a simple way. Easy and quick bachelors style Kuzhambu !!

Ingredients: Chopped brinjal – 1 cup

Onion – 1

Tomato – 2

Turmeric powder – 1 tablespoon

Chilly powder – 2 tablespoon

Oil n salt to taste

Thalipu – Mustard seed, jeera, Red chilly, curry leaf, asafoetida, garlic

Instructions: 1. Soak tamarind in 1 cup of warm water for 30 minutes. Squeeze the tamarind, extract the tamarind water and discard the pulp.

2. Chop onion, tomato and garlic. Keep all veggies and thalipu items ready.

3. Heat a pan and add sesame oil. Add mustard, jeera seed, curry leaves, garlic, red chilly. Add chopped onion and turmeric powder. Allow it to cook for 5 mins until it turns golden brown.

4. Add chopped tomatoes and salt to taste. Both onion and tomatoes should be cooked well, which gives creamy texture to the gravy. Mix the chopped Brinjal in to the pan and let it all cook for 5 mins.

5. Add the tamarind water now and chilly powder. Cook for 5 mins. Brinjal gets cooked by now. It’s ready to serve now and switch off the flame now.

Notes: 1. Make sure to soak tamarind well before you cook the gravy. Because it needs to be soaked atleast 30 mins before the start time. It will be easy to squeeze the tamarind water from pulp.

2. Along with Brinjal, you can also add drumstick, potato or just garlic alone and make the recipe. Other methods are same.

3. Sesame oil is preferred.

4. Add curry leaf and garlic to taste good.