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Spicy brinjal fry

Spicy Brinjal fry recipe / Brinjal recipe

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Spicy Brinjal fry recipe / Brinjal recipe / Quick brinjal fry / Vanakaya fry / kathirikai varuval recipes with step by step photos. Brinjal fry is a popular side dish from South Indian cuisine made with stir frying brinjal / eggplant with few herbs and spices. This kathirikai varuval is easy to make and can be made quickly that it takes only 15 minutes to put everything together.
To roast and grind
- In a small pan dry roast coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin / jeera till they turn aromatic
- Allow it cool for sometime and blend it to coarse powder
To make spicy brinjal fry
Heat oil in a kadai add crushed garlic and curry leaves saute it for a minute
- Add chopped brinjal / eggplant, turmeric powder and salt mix it all well and saute it for 2 minutes
- Now add chili powder and mix it
-Then cover and cook in low to medium flame for 5 minutes
-Then add ground spice powder and mix it
-And cook on low flame for 2 minutes or till it turns soft and switch off the flame
-Serve it hot with curd rice or plain steamed rice
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

To roast and grind

  • 1 tsp Coriander seeds
  • ½ tsp Mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp Fenugreek / methi
  • ½ tsp Cumin / Jeera

To make Spicy brinjal fry

  • 250 grms Brinjal / Egg plant / kathirikkai green or purple
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 4-5 cloves Garlic crushed
  • 2 spring Curry leaves
  • 1-2 tsp Chili powder
  • ⅛ tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt

Instructions
 

To roast and grind

  • In a small pan dry roast coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin / jeera till they turn aromatic
  • Allow it cool for sometime and blend it to coarse powder

To make spicy brinjal fry

  • Heat oil in a kadai add crushed garlic and curry leaves saute it for a minutes
    quick brinjal fry
  • Add chopped brinjal / eggplant, turmeric powder and salt mix it all well and saute it for 2 minutes
  • Now add chili powder and mix it
  • Then cover and cook in low to medium flame for 5 minutes
    quick brinjal fry
  • Then add ground spice powder and mix it
    quick brinjal fry
  • And cook on low flame for 2 minutes or till it turns soft and switch off the flame
    Spicy brinjal fry
  • Serve it hot with curd rice or plain steamed rice
    Spicy brinjal fry

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