Ingredients

• 3 - brinjal, medium size
• 10 - sambar onion
• 1/2 - big onion
• 1 - tomato
• 1 tbsp - coconut gratings
• Tamarind - small lemon size
• 1 tbsp - sambar powder
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp - gingilly oil
• 1/2 tsp - mustard
• 1/2 tsp - fenugreek
• 2 - red chillies
• 1 tbsp - Bengal gram dal
• Curry leaves - a few
• Salt - as per taste

How to Make Brinjal Kara Kuzhambu

• Soak tamarind and salt in water
• Squeeze out the juice, add water and make 3 cups of tamarind water
• Cut the brinjal, tomato, onion into medium size pieces
• Cut the sambar onion into two
• In a kadai put one tsp oil and add big onion pieces and fry till it turns transparent
• Add tomato pieces and fry till the tomatoes are mashed well
• Add coconut gratings and sambar powder and fry for two minutes
• Remove and cool it. When it is cooled, grind to a fine paste
• Put the remaining oil in the kadai. When it is hot splutter mustard
• Now, add Bengal gram dal, broken red chillies and curry leaves
• Then add fenugreek and fry till it turns light brown
• Add cut sambar onions and fry well
• Add brinjal pieces and fry for two to three minutes
• Now add tamarind water along with turmeric powder
• Bring to boil, reduce the heat and cook till the brinjal is soft
• Now add the ground paste along with a cup of water and stir well
• Allow to cook in reduced heat for three to five minutes
• Recipe Courtesy: Kamala's Corner