Many of you would have heard about and tasted brinjal kurma for biryani and rice. Even I have posted the same in my blog. But when I came across this brinjal kurma (Kathirikai kuruma in Tamil) recipe for idli,dosa and chapathi in a cookbook, it was new and interesting to me.
As I am a big fan of brinjal recipes, I tried it immediately as a side dish for
thatte idli for our weekend breakfast. It was very nice with mild flavor of masala/spices. I just loved it with idli and dosa. I hope it tastes good with chapathi/roti as well.
Sendhil is not a big fan of brinjal, still he tasted this kurma without any complaints. So I thought of sharing this yummy, interesting brinjal kurma recipe especially for all the ardent fans of brinjal like me. I have used long green brinjal in this recipe. I guess you can try with purple variety brinjal too. Friends, do try this different kurma recipe at home and share your feedback with me. Ok, Lets see how to make Brinjal kurma with step by step pictures !
Check out my
Brinjal kurma for biryani too !
Brinjal Kurma Recipe
Brinjal kurma/ Kathirikai kuruma for idli, dosa and chapathi
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Kurma varieties
Serves: Serves 2-3
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 20 Minutes
Total time: 30 Minutes
1 cup – 250ml
- Long Green Brinjal – 2 nos
- Small onion Or Big onion – 20 nos / 1 no ( big)
- Tomato – 1 no
- Curry leaves – Few
- Red chilli powder – 1/2 – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
To grind
- Grated Coconut – 1/4 cup
- Pottukadalai / Fried Gram Dal – 1.5 tsp
- Soambu/Fennel seeds – 3/4 tsp
- Pattai /Cinnamon – 1 piece
- Garlic cloves – 3 nos
- Green chilli – 1 no ( use 2 for spicy kurma)
To Temper
- Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves – to garnish |
METHOD
- Wash and chop brinjal into small pieces. Keep immersed in water till use. Chop onion & tomato. Keep aside.
- In a mixie jar, take all the ingredients given under “ To grind” and grind them to a smooth paste adding enough water. Keep it aside.
- In a cooker base, heat oil and temper mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and cumin seeds. Add the chopped onions and saute until transparent. Add the chopped tomato pieces and saute till mushy. Then add the chopped brinjal pieces and saute till they shrink in size and reduce in quantity. It takes 2-3 minutes.
- Now add the turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and ground coconut paste.Mix well. Saute the mixture for a minute. Add 1 to 1.5 cups of water and pressure cook in very low flame for one whistle. Open the lid after the steam is released. If the kurma is too thick, add 1/4 cup of water, mix well and check for taste. Add more salt or chilli powder if needed. Garnish with coriander leaves. Give a boil and serve hot with idli, dosa or chapathi.
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Enjoy !
Note
- Adjust the quantity of green chilli if you want more spicy taste.
- You can use Garam masala powder if you wish. Just use 1/2 tsp.
- You can replace brinjal with finely chopped potato or parboiled cauliflower florets too.
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Try this easy, one pot Brinjal kurma recipe for idli, dosa or chapathi. Enjoy !!
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we get lot of brinjals in this season. thanks for the wonderful recipe. you present things in a neat and clear manner. thanks for the same.
Thank you sir 🙂