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    Home » Recipes » Dry Curries

    Kathirikai kari recipe/ Brinjal dry curry with garlic

    May 6, 2011 by Raks Anand 51 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Kathirikai Kari

    Kathirikai kari, brinjal dry curry with garlic recipe, best south Indian lunch accompaniment prepared in onion tomato and generous oil.

    Back after a hectic trip to the most awaited wedding in the family. Thanks to the fellow blogger friends, who poured in hearty comments generously though I was not visiting your blogs for past 3 weeks 🙏🏻.

    And coming to the kathirikai kari recipe, this is another trademark recipe of my MIL. I learnt this recipe from her and this time I wanted to click pictures while she makes the curry and wanted to blog it, unfortunately could not. She told the recipe and method and asked me to blog later. Made this for me specially on the day we were leaving back to SG, how sweet 😊 !!

    brinjal dry curry

    The speciality in this brinjal curry recipe is the garlic flavour and couple of things to notice is use oil bit generously and roast well until oil oozes out. I can eat this all time with thayir sadam (curd rice).

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    Brinjal curry recipe

    Kathirikai kari, brinjal curry with garlic recipe, best south Indian lunch accompaniment prepared with tomato and generous oil.
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings 3
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 10 Brinjal small
    • 12 to 14 Garlic flakes
    • 1 Onion
    • 2 Tomato
    • 2 teaspoon Sambar powder
    • ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric powder
    • 1 Salt
    • 1 tablespoon Oil

    To temper

    • 1 tablespoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 2 teaspoon Chana dal
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
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    Instructions

    • Cut brinjal lengthwise, onion lengthwise and chop the tomatoes.
    • Peel garlic and if the flakes are big,cut them into two.
    • Boil brinjal in water with garlic along with salt,turmeric and 1 teaspoon sambar powder(you can replace sambar powder with red chilli powder too)
    • Brinjal gets cooked very soon so take care not to overcook them.
    • After done, drain them reserving little water from it and keep a side.
    • Heat a pan/kadai with oil and temper with the items given under the ‘To temper’ table.
    • Fry onions till transparent and add the tomatoes, 1 teaspoon sambar powder with required salt.
    • When tomatoes turn mushy,add the boiled brinjal, mix well and cook in medium flame adding little oil at a time, until the oil separates from the curry and the masala turns brown here and there.
    • Do not turn frequently,just let it brown evenly.
    • Notes

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    Notes

    • You can try cooking the brinjal in the pan directly, rather boiling it and adding separately. Next time I am going to try that to simplify the work …
    • Try mixing this with ghee/sesame oil with hot steamed rice,tastes excellent.
    • You have to be generous in adding oil to this curry(my maami says) You can add coconut oil if you like it's flavour.
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    Kathirikai kari method

    1. Cut brinjal lengthwise, onion lengthwise and chop the tomatoes.  Peel garlic and if the flakes are big,cut them into two.
    2. Boil brinjal in water with garlic along with salt, turmeric and 1 teaspoon sambar powder (you can replace sambar powder with red chilli powder too).
      boil
    3. Brinjal gets cooked very soon so take care not to overcook them. Once done, drain them reserving little water from it and keep a side.
      boiled
    4. Heat a pan/kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’.
      Temper
    5. Fry onions till transparent and add the tomatoes, 1 teaspoon sambar powder with required salt.
      tomato
    6. When tomatoes turn mushy, add the boiled brinjal, mix well.
      add brinjal
    7. Cook in medium flame adding little oil at a time, until the oil separates from the curry. The masala turns brown here and there. Do not turn frequently, just let it brown evenly.
      kathirikai kari

    Serve as accompaniment for rice.

    kathirikai kari | Brinjal dry curry

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. srividhya Ravikumar

      May 06, 2011 at 11:30 am

      OMG...Tempting raks...looks awesome..

      Reply
    2. Sanctified Spaces

      May 06, 2011 at 11:32 am

      Such a simple curry.My mom makes the same with drumsticks.Tastes great with sambar rice.Nice step by step illustration.

      Reply
    3. jeyashrisuresh

      May 06, 2011 at 11:51 am

      thats quite an interesting way of making the brinjals.adding garlic will surely enhance the flavour.

      Reply
    4. Suparna

      May 06, 2011 at 11:52 am

      Hi good to see you back. Hope you had a good time 😛
      simple preparations are really tasty and comforting! thanks for the recipe, good one raji 😛

      Reply
    5. GEETHA ACHAL

      May 06, 2011 at 12:09 pm

      Nice to see you back....Hope you had a great time in India..

      Me too used to make the same way..But used to add the brinjals directly ...

      Reply
    6. Kurinji

      May 06, 2011 at 12:10 pm

      So tempting curry Raji.

      Reply
    7. Sailaja Damodaran

      May 06, 2011 at 12:15 pm

      Perfect with rasam rice.........

      Reply
    8. VineelaSiva

      May 06, 2011 at 12:20 pm

      Curry looks yummy Rak.Love it.Adding garlic gives nice taste.

      Reply
    9. Prathibha

      May 06, 2011 at 12:21 pm

      Simple n yummy curry..I cook brinjal together in d spices...but never added this much of garlic..will try next time..

      Reply
    10. Amarendra

      May 06, 2011 at 12:57 pm

      Good twist to recipe by using garlic.. I am going to try this..Thanks.

      Reply
    11. Kairali sisters

      May 06, 2011 at 1:05 pm

      Great curry , i love brinjal and i love garlic, so both together is heavenly food for me!!Awesome recipe raks...

      Reply
    12. Laavanya

      May 06, 2011 at 1:09 pm

      That looks great. I don't think i've ever cooked brinjals separately like that before for a curry.

      Reply
    13. aipi

      May 06, 2011 at 1:37 pm

      Super duper delicious curry-~ loved the loads of garlic in there~ Perfect for me 🙂
      US Masala

      Reply
    14. Shanavi

      May 06, 2011 at 1:58 pm

      Perfect any rice .. But I cook a little diff way, I don boil the veggie seperately ..

      Reply
    15. Sharmilee! :)

      May 06, 2011 at 2:52 pm

      I too am liking brinjal these days...looks very nice with the flavour of garlic

      Reply
    16. Smitha

      May 06, 2011 at 2:55 pm

      the flavors of eggplant with garlic and tomato is awesome!...I make it sometimes!..like it!

      Smitha
      Smitha's Spicy Flavors

      Reply
    17. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

      May 06, 2011 at 3:16 pm

      I am literally drooling over it, it looks absolutely delicious 🙂

      Reply
    18. Torviewtoronto

      May 06, 2011 at 4:10 pm

      love the flavours delicious curry

      Reply
    19. Jay

      May 06, 2011 at 4:30 pm

      wow...sounds divine..must try this one..!

      Reply
    20. Shobana senthilkumar

      May 06, 2011 at 5:17 pm

      Nice tempting one...

      Reply
    21. Suja

      May 06, 2011 at 5:51 pm

      Tempting curry..superb

      Reply
    22. JishasKitchen

      May 06, 2011 at 6:00 pm

      wow...that looks so perfect and delicious....I have some brinjals in my fridge, will try this recipe...

      Reply
    23. Happy Cook / Finla

      May 06, 2011 at 6:06 pm

      I have never had curyy like this looks so so delicious.

      Reply
    24. Hamaree Rasoi

      May 06, 2011 at 6:32 pm

      Amazingly simple to cook yet delicious looking brinjal curry dear. Loved the recipe and it's clicks.

      Deepa

      Reply
    25. divya

      May 06, 2011 at 8:13 pm

      wow.. i am drooling here.looks so good..

      Reply
    26. Pushpa

      May 06, 2011 at 8:37 pm

      My fav with rasam rice.Irresistible brinjal fry.

      Reply
    27. Raji

      May 06, 2011 at 8:50 pm

      Simple but lovely curry...lovely flavour of garlic.

      Reply
    28. Cool Lassi(e)

      May 06, 2011 at 9:17 pm

      I love this curry. It looks super delicious and truly mouthwatering.

      Reply
    29. Swathi

      May 06, 2011 at 10:09 pm

      Brinjal and garlic goes well. Looks awesome.

      Reply
    30. Priti

      May 06, 2011 at 11:17 pm

      Looks gud n gud to see you back ...

      Reply
    31. savitha ramesh

      May 07, 2011 at 12:25 am

      Curry is truly delicious.love it with rice too.

      Reply
    32. Premalatha Aravindhan

      May 07, 2011 at 2:53 am

      Welcome back Raji,brinjal is my fav...delicious recipe...

      Reply
    33. Sowmya

      May 07, 2011 at 8:06 am

      My fav curry..makes me drool 😉

      Reply
    34. Priya

      May 07, 2011 at 8:44 am

      Delicious curry, can have it just with curd rice..yumm!

      Reply
    35. Kavitha Bhargav

      May 07, 2011 at 5:35 pm

      Simple yet tasty. Guess what? Just prepared baingan bartha yesterday for breakfast and another brinjal recipe from your blog when I opened the dashboard. Great people think alike, right? he... heee....

      Reply
    36. Akila

      May 07, 2011 at 6:52 pm

      my favorite...

      Event: Dish Name Starts with H
      Celebrate Sweets:- Stuffed Sweets

      Regards,
      Akila

      Reply
    37. Anu

      May 07, 2011 at 9:16 pm

      Curry looks yummy dear... nan unga oats idly try panan romba nala vanthathu.. Yen blog la upload panuran time kedaikum pothu..

      Reply
    38. kaveri

      May 08, 2011 at 11:24 am

      Curry looks yumm...nice clicks...

      Reply
    39. Usha

      May 08, 2011 at 12:46 pm

      Interesting, never boiled brinjals before tempering it... Curry looks tasty though!

      Reply
    40. Now Serving

      May 08, 2011 at 6:46 pm

      Adding garlic is a nice new twist to this! yummy curry!

      Reply
    41. vidhas

      May 09, 2011 at 5:26 am

      YUMMY CURRY. I LOVE BRINJAL, WILL SURELY TRY THIS, WHEN DID U COME TO CHENNAI.

      Reply
    42. Chitra

      May 09, 2011 at 7:04 am

      I love to try this now. have brinjal @home.will do it. Another yummy side dish from ur maami 🙂 thnx for sharing..

      Reply
    43. revathi

      May 09, 2011 at 2:15 pm

      Yummy tasty curry:) awesome..
      Reva

      Reply
    44. sanjeeta kk

      May 09, 2011 at 3:33 pm

      This is one simple and scrumptious recipe, Raji!

      Lite Bite

      Reply
    45. Plateful

      May 10, 2011 at 1:37 pm

      Honestly, I'm not a big fan of brinjal but that first picture makes me crave for your curry, ahh!

      Reply
    46. Vardhini

      May 14, 2011 at 8:49 pm

      Wow how tempting .. I love brinjal and garlic. What a perfect combination. Pictures are drool worthy 🙂

      Follow you to keep in touch 🙂

      Do visit my blog when time permits.

      Vardhini
      VardhinisKitchen

      Reply
    47. Raji

      May 20, 2011 at 12:26 am

      Hi, I really liked look of the curry and tried out. It came out yummy and it was really Divine with Ghee & Curd rice.

      Reply
    48. RAKS KITCHEN

      May 20, 2011 at 12:29 am

      Thanks so much for trying and the prompt feed back Raji 🙂

      Reply
    49. Texan

      February 20, 2012 at 12:37 am

      Boiling the brinjal with water is faster than cooking in the kadai but it wont work if you attempt to cook it with dry spice. Nice variation of boiling with water.

      Reply
    50. Ms. analyzer

      July 18, 2012 at 11:18 am

      hey raks .. I was a silent admirer and ardent lover of ur blog from past 2.5 yrs..
      actually..it wont be a overstatement to say that I learnt cooking from ur blog ..though i still consider myself a novice
      I am glad to know that u r also in singapore as I have recently moved here..
      Also u click amazing pics ..
      many thanks

      Reply
    51. RAKS KITCHEN

      July 18, 2012 at 11:30 am

      Hi, thanks a lot,good to know you are also from Singapore

      Reply

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