Last Updated on August 5, 2017
This is one recipe which was requested by lots of my viewers. And it is the best sidedish for dum biryani or any biryani. There is no perfect sidedish for biryani than this and some onion raita. I made this and served it with my chicken dum biryani and everyone loved it.
Hope you will try this out and let me know how it turns out for you..
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Serves : 5 to 6
Ingredients:
Oil - 4 tblspn
Onion - 2 large pureed
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
Tomato - 2 large finely chopped
Brinjal - 2 large sliced lengthwise
Green Chillies - 4 slit
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tblspn
Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Jaggery / Sarkarai - 1 tblspn
Tamarind Pulp - 3 tblspn or to taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Water as needed
Whole Garam Masala:
Bay Leaf - 1
Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 cm piece
Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
Cloves / Krambu - 4
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Method:
Heat oil in a pan, add in whole garam masala and saute for a min.
Add in pureed onions and cook till raw smell leaves from it.
Add in ginger garlic paste, salt, turmeric and mix well.
Add in tomatoes and mix well. Cover and cook till it turns mushy.
Add in all the spice powders and mix well.
Add in brinjal, chillies and water. Add in tamarind pulp and jaggery.
Cover and simmer till the curry is done..
Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve with biryani
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take onion in a blender |
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| Make it into a fine puree |
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| Heat oil in a pan, you need quite a bit of oil for this recipe |
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| Add in the whole garam masala |
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| let it sizzle for a min, so the aroma releases in the oil |
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| add in onion puree |
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| cook till the raw smell leaves |
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| now the onion is well sauted |
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| add in ginger garlic paste |
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| and some salt |
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| along with some turmeric powder |
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| mix well |
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| add in tomatoes |
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| mix well |
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| cover and cook till tomatoes is mushy |
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| Add in spice powders |
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| mix that well |
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| Add in brinjals and green chillies |
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| mix well |
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| Add in water |
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| mix well |
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| add in tamarind pulp |
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| and some jaggery |
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| mix well |
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| cover and simmer |
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| now the veg is cooked and oil has separates |
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| add in coriander leaves |
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| serve |
sammiekins
Awesome recipe.. Had been thinking abt this for a long time.. But none f the recipes that I had browsed were inspiring.. Now feel like making this immediately.. Thanks.. God bless..
Gayathri
Looks inviting.... I was waiting for long for this wonderful recipe. Will try it soon. Thanks a lot for sharing this
Coral crue
thanks so much, i will definitely try this out. awesome recipe
Coral crue
thanks so much, i will definitely try this out. awesome recipe
Anonymous
very nice.thank you
Anonymous
@Anonymous
Hi if we wanted to add coconut to this dish, at which point of the recipe would we add and how much?
Thanks!
Aarthi
@Anonymousadd after you add jaggery, add finely ground coocnut masala
bino
Awesome I loved this curry thanks
Anonymous
I had this recipe with veg biriyani 4 yrs back i was hunting for the recipe. Thanks a lot will try on weekends.
Ramya Jeyaraman
This recipe is brilliant. I would say, this is the closest ever taste to the lip-smacking brinjal gravy they make in Chennai roadside biriyani kadai; and even better too! Thanks a ton for sharing such a wonderful recipe! 🙂
Nithya
Awesome recipe.. I tried this n got all ma family members appreciation. Thank you soon much..
geetha daniel
I tried this gravy it turned out well.Good combination for biriyani and pulav. Thanks Aarthi I have been trying all your receipies it's really helpful. Keep posting....
Nazeeha M
I tried this recipe today and it turned out really well.. Made an awesome combo with hyderabad dum biriyani.. Thank you so much.. 🙂 you're doing such an amazing job.. Coz I've been searching for this recipe for quite long time and the exact one is yours.. 🙂
Anonymous
A request.. can you please tell us the recipe for "thalsa"..which is known for its combination with biriyanis
Aswathy Rema
amazing dish...
Anonymous
wonderful recipe! thanks Aarthi 🙂
Unknown
Tried it today. Came out well. Thank you 🙂
VAIRAVAN SUBRAMANIA POLLAI
Very nice receipe. I experienced twice and enjoyed the taste.
Thanks
Unknown
Awesome. Thanks
Praveena
Made this tonight because I miss Indian food. It turned out great! I followed the recipe exactly, except I used powdered spices since I don’t like them whole. It was quick, easy and flavors were spot on. Thank you so much for sharing.
Bee
Can we make this with any other vegetables?
Soya chunks?
Thanks.
Aarthi
yes u can.
bindu jacob
hello
I was wondering if you could tell me the size of the eggplants as I live in the United States and we have really large ones as well as the small Indian variety
I would like to serve this for 8 people
thank you
Aarthi
you can use 6 to 7 small indian variety
Rosh
Hi,
It says Garam masala twice! So do I put the whole Garam Masala at the beginning as well as the powder later on? Just a tad bit confused. Thanks!