Kathirikai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe with step by step pictures. Spicy tamarind based brinjal kara kuzhambu which taste amazing with rice.
Kathirikai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe
This one gets lot of heat from chilles. You get the unique flavour from roasting the spices. I always love to make dishes from freshly roasted spices. And for your information. My mum who is a Brinjal lover had this curry in fridge and ate it for 2 days I think. Moreover the flavours develop the next day. So if you have time make it the day before you want to have it. So here you go for the recipe with step by step pictures.
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Kathirikai Kara Kuzhambu Recipe | Kathirikai Kara Kulambu Recipe
Ingredients
- Brinjal- ½ kg
- Shallots / Sambar Onion- 10 peeled
- Tamarind-1 lemon size
- Salt to taste
- Sugar- ½ tsp
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro-for garnishing
- Oil try to use Gingelly Oil / Nallaennai- 3 tblspn
- For Kara Masala:
- Onion-1 chopped
- Tomato-2 chopped
- Coriander seeds / Malli – 2 tblspn
- Dry Red chilli-5
- Coconut- ½ cup
- Oil-2 tblspn
- For Tempering:
- Oil try to use Gingelly Oil / Nallaennai- 3 tblspn
- Mustard seeds / Kaduku-1 tsp
- Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
- Asafoetida / Hing- ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves-2 spring
Instructions
- Make kara masala:
- Heat 2 tblspn oil in a kadai and add in onions,cook for 1 min...
- Add in coriander seeds and red chilli mix well..
- Now add in coconut and fry that for 5 mins or until golden..
- Add in tomato and mix well...
- Take this in blender and make into a fine puree..Set this aside for a moment..
- Make kulambu:
- Now add in 3 tblspn of oil and heat it up..
- Add in shallots and cook for 2 mins..Add in the chopped brinjal and mix well..Cook this for 5 mins..
- Pour in the tamarind water and bring that to boil..
- Add in ground up masala and mix well.
- Season with salt and sugar..
- Bring that to boil and simmer for 30-45 mins until the gravy is thickened and oil floats on top..Garnish with cilantro..
- Make tempering by heating oil and crackling in mustard seeds,cumin seeds,hing and curry leaves..
- Pour this over the gravy and mix well
- Serve with rice..
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Things which you need for the masala |
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| Prep all your vegetables |
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| Saute onions in oil |
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| Add in coriander seeds and dry chillies |
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| add in coconut and fry till golden |
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| tomatoes |
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| and mix well |
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| take it in a blender |
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| make into a fine paste |
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| now saute some shallots in oil |
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| till translucent |
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| add in brinjals |
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| cook for 5 mins |
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| add in tamarind water |
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| and your ground masala |
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| season with some salt. |
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| and some sugar. This is for balance of taste. |
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| Bring this to boil...And simmer uncovered for a while |
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| Till it is reduced, thickened and oil floats on top |
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| Garnish with cilantro |
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| Make tempering by heating oil and adding all spices. Don't forget to add lots of curry leaves. I love it.. |
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| pour it in |
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| mix well |
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| Have it over a bowl of rice |
S.Menaga
am drooling over here...nice explanation and also love the clay vessel!!
Chitra
this curry is so flavorfull ,spicy and tempting...
Food, Fun and Life in the Charente
I also love bringals your Mum has good taste 🙂 Diane
Umm Mymoonah
Looks very delicious, love your authentic style of preparation.
Dzoli
Brinjal so that si how you call eggplant:)) Good;l) Another tasty recepie:) And thank you for sharing the story.What a wise man:)
The Foodie Traveller
Wow..so so mouth watering, though with lots of oil. Suitable for special occasions . I was wondering if the curry leaves be added along with the shallots and the whole tempering instead of doing it in the end? Have you tried that way?
Rosita Vargas
Esta salsa es una verdadera delicia,luce absolutamente bella,es un rico acompañamiento,abrazos grandes,hughs,hugs.
Aarthi
The Foodie Traveller...yes you could even try that...it will still be good..
Dzoli...yes he is..
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow tempting recipe,step vise pics are detailed and clear...gr8!
kranthi
looking really yummy
Priya
Slurp,fingerlicking kuzhambu,makes me hungry..
Sajitha S
Awesome recipe Aaarthi. Tried this yesterday for lunch... came out soo well. Thanks for sharing this. Keep rocking 🙂
Laavy
Hi Aarthi,
I love your blog and I sort of visit it every single day.Whenever i run out of ideas I quickly browse through your blog and make dishes easily..Its really great that you post every recipe with pictures illustrating the overall process.Great job !! 🙂 Cheers !!
Deepa
I love your blog.... Tried this curry and it came out real nice...
morri
I think it's the best brinjal dish on your blog. I made it today and it was so tasty! Do you know what my husband said when we ate dinner? I told him: "Aarthi said it develops flavour overnight, so tomorrow it will taste better". And he said: "What? EVEN better?".
Nafeesa imran
Nice tenali Raman story.... Something I can tell my son at sleeping time....
Polly
Just made this today... absolutely delicious thanks for a great recipe!
Sheela Hepzibah
Super.....
Indian Restaurant
Wonderful Recipe. Pretty much ideal .. Thanks for sharing...
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Perambur Kumar
Awesome Blog
Awesome post too.
Really nice
Ahanow