• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Raks Kitchen
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipe index
  • Lunch ideas
  • About Me
  • Amazon Store
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipe index
    • Lunch ideas
    • About Me
    • Amazon Store
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×
    Home » Recipes » Dry Curries

    Kathirikai mochai curry recipe | Brinjal recipes

    Updated on March 10, 2022 by Raks Anand 13 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Kathirikai mochai curry is a wonderful combination that goes well with each other, Very flavorful and tasty accompaniment for south Indian lunch menu.

    kathirikkai mochai kari
    Jump to:
    • Stepwise photos
    • Recipe card

    I have tried this combo only once in some restaurant by chance, it wasn’t that good, but I thought I should make at home, it would be tasting great.

    But never had a chance to buy mochai in little India as I go only to Mustafa and come back.

    Luckily murugan traders opposite to Mustafa these days sells all the things I miss and mochai is one of those.

    I got last week and tried this curry. I think this is end of mochai season, so the mochai are tiny.

    Since I have not tried kathirikai mochai curry before, I checked with my friend Sasi for the recipe, she immediately shared (thank you Sasi) and I immediately tried too😉. I had this for today’s lunch.

    brinjal mochai curry
    brinjal mochai curry

    Related posts

    • Brinjal mochai kootu
    • Mochai sundal recipe
    • Mochakottai kuzhambu

    Stepwise photos

    1. Finely chop onion, tomato, slice garlic into thin circles and cur brinjal to 4-6 pieces, keep it immersed in water until use.
    2. Pressure cook mochai with little salt and turmeric for 2 whistles. I used fresh ones, if dry beans, then soak over night and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. Heat a kadai with oil, temper with mustard, jeera, curry leaves, followed by garlic.
    cook mochai

    3. Give it a fry and add onion. Fry till transparent, add tomatoes, little salt and fry till mushy.

    3-fry

    4. Meanwhile grind coconut and fennel with little water.

    1-grind

    5. Add ½ cup water, brinjal, sambar powder, turmeric, required salt and tamarind extract to the kadai. Mix and boil for a minute. Add the ground paste, mix well.

    add kathirikai

    6. Boil until water evaporates. Put flame to medium and cook until the curry becomes almost dry. Add oil to avoid sticking to the pan. Keep stirring now and then to prevent sticking.

    kathirikai mochai curry

    Notes

    • After you add the ground coconut paste, it tends to stick so turn once in a while. but as it gets cooked, it will not stick, so add oil and cook.
    • Do not add more water, it will make brinjal mushy.

    Serve kathirikai mochai curry with any kuzhambu or you can also mix with rice as I do with sesame oil.

    brinjal mochai curry

    Recipe card

    kathirikkai mochai kari
    Print Pin
    No ratings yet

    Kathirikai mochai curry recipe

    Kathirikkai mochai curry is a wonderful combination that goes well with each other, Very flavorful and tasty accompaniment for south Indian lunch menu.
    Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Servings 3 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 8 Brinjal
    • ¾ cup Mochai Fresh
    • 1 Onion
    • 2 Tomato
    • 6 cloves Garlic
    • 1 teaspoon Tamarind tightly packed
    • 2 teaspoon Sambar powder
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • Salt
    • 2 tablespoon Oil

    To grind

    • 3 tablespoon Grated coconut
    • ½ teaspoon Fennel seeds

    To temper

    • 2 teaspoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    Prevent your screen from going dark

    Instructions

    • Finely chop onion, tomato, slice garlic into thin circles and cur brinjal to 4-6 pieces, keep it immersed in water until use.
    • Pressure cook mochai with little salt and turmeric for 2 whistles.
    • I used fresh ones, if dry beans, then soak over night and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
    • Heat a kadai with oil, temper with mustard, jeera, curry leaves, followed by garlic.
    • Give it a fry and add onion. Fry till transparent, add tomatoes, little salt and fry till mushy.
    • Meanwhile grind coconut and fennel with little water.
    • Add ½ cup water, brinjal, sambar powder, turmeric, required salt and tamarind extract to the kadai.
    • Mix and boil for a minute. Add the ground paste, mix well.
    • Boil until water evaporates. Put flame to medium and cook until the curry becomes almost dry.
    • Add oil to avoid sticking to the pan. Keep stirring now and then to prevent sticking.

    Notes

    • After you add the ground coconut paste, it tends to stick so turn once in a while. but as it gets cooked, it will not stick, so add oil and cook.
    • Do not add more water, it will make brinjal mushy.
    YoutubeDo you like short videos? Subscribe now!
    InstagramMention @rakskitchen or tag #rakskitchen if you have tried this recipe.

    Other Spicy Dry Curry

    • brinjal moju
      Brinjal Moju Recipe
    • siru-kizhangu-poriyal
      Koorka fry, Siru kizhangu fry, siru kizhangu poriyal
    • bhendi-do-pyaza
      Bhindi Do Pyaza, Stir fried okra
    • easy-brinjal-sabzi
      Easy brinjal sabzi recipe

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Girish Venkatachalam

      March 12, 2015 at 12:47 pm

      Looks nice. Will try soon.

      Reply
    2. Veena Theagarajan

      March 12, 2015 at 1:10 pm

      my mum does exactly same.. Looks so yum! I love this combo one of my most fav combo

      Reply
    3. Farin Ahmed

      March 12, 2015 at 2:55 pm

      Super delicious curry

      Reply
    4. Supriya Nair

      March 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm

      Delicious looking brinjal sabji

      Reply
    5. Gayathri Ramanan

      March 12, 2015 at 9:15 pm

      yummy combo...love to eat with curd rice..

      Reply
    6. sreeservices

      March 13, 2015 at 3:32 am

      Hi raks,
      daily i wont miss to check ur site for any new updates; I'm great fan of ur's.
      as usual its rocking 😉

      Reply
    7. sai

      March 13, 2015 at 6:04 am

      Nice combo. Looking delicious

      Reply
    8. Sruthy shankar

      March 18, 2015 at 9:28 am

      Hi rak am a great fan of urs. U have helped me a lot as am a beginner in cooking. Bcoz of u I got interested in cooking.. No words to thank u.. Eagerly waiting 4 all ur yummy tasty recipes. Brinjal curry is so good. Nice clicks. Thank u

      Reply
    9. Sruthy shankar

      March 18, 2015 at 9:28 am

      Hi rak
      Am a great fan of urs.. U have helped me a lot as am a beginner in cooking. No words to thank uuu.. Eagerly waiting 4 all ur yummy tasty recipes.. Brinjal curry is so good. Nice clicks. Thanks a lot. God bless u..

      Reply
    10. pranav j

      March 23, 2015 at 12:15 am

      What is mochai?

      Reply
    11. Raks anand

      March 23, 2015 at 6:43 am

      Field beans

      Reply
    12. Unknown

      August 12, 2017 at 1:15 am

      Very delicious dish.instead of mochai can we use kondakadalai..

      Reply
    13. Raks anand

      August 12, 2017 at 1:24 am

      Yes, but you should cook the chana with salt and add to the curry 🙂

      Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Raks anand

    Hi, I'm Rajeswari Vijayanand! I am the person behind Rakskitchen, sharing recipes with pictures & videos.

    More about me →

    Popular

    • eggless-donut-recipe
    • medhu vadai
    • ABC-juice
    • cooking without fire recipes

    Karthigai Deepam Recipes

    • pori-urundai-for-karthigai-deepam
      Pori urundai for karthikai deepam
    • wheat flour appam instant version
      Wheat flour appam recipe, Instant wheat flour appam
    • nei-appam-recipe
      Nei appam recipe - Karthigai deepam recipes
    • Thinai sweet paniyaram
      Thinai sweet paniyaram recipe | Foxtail millet recipes

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    Links

    • Privacy Policy
    • FAQ

    Also from Rakskitchen

    • Rakskitchen Tamil

    Contact

    • [email protected]

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2023 Rakskitchen