BRINJAL DRY CURRY

Here is one of dry brinjal curry recipe which is ofenly prepared at my in law house.



Brinjal Dry Curry (in Tamil Iyengar style)





Preparation time: 10 minutes



Cooking time: 15 minutes



Serving: 4 persons



Ingredients



Brinjal(Egg plant)-250 grams(small size)



Oil-2 tsp



Mustard-1 tsp



Broken Black Gram (Urad) Dal-1/2 tsp



Asafetida (Hing)-a pinch



Curry leaves-5-6



Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp



Salt-to taste



For Masala



Black Gram (Channa) Dal-3 tsp



Coriander Seed-6 tsp



Dry Red Chilies- 6-7



Oil-1 tsp



Method



? Wash and cut the brinjal (egg plant) in 1? inch cube size.



? Heat a pan put one tsp oil.



? Put all masala items in that and fry it till the nice roast smell reaches to your nostril.



? Remove it from pan and allow it to get cool down.



? Once it is cooled then grind this in mixer like powder and keep aside.



? Now in same pan heat the remain oil.



? Add mustard seed, broken black gram dal, curry leaves and asafetida powder in this.



? Allow mustard seed to crack.



? Then add brinjal in this along with turmeric powder and salt.



? Once brinjal is cooked add the prepared powdered masala and mix well.



? Fry it for couple of minutes.



? Serve hot with rice.



TIPS



? Don?t keep the cut brinjal for long duration because it turns to black color.