Biryani Brinjal Curry / Biryani Kathirikkai Recipe

When I looking for a perfect sidedish for biryani and this recipe is perfectly match for both veg and non - veg briyani recipes.. There are more version of brinjal gravy for biryani but this one is typical method of muslim style brinjal gravy or kathirikkai thokku which is served in muslim marriages and in resturants... 

I made this and served with my mutton briyani and with some simple onion raita, everyone loved it.. So friends do try this recipe as a sidedish for biryani for your guest or parties together, I am sure this became a super hit recipe...

Preparation Time : 5 mins

Cooking Time : 20 mins

Serve - 3

Recipe Category - Sidedish
Recipe Cuisine - Indian

INGREDIENTS :

Bay leaf - 1

Cumin seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tspn

Pepper - 1/2 tspn

Cinnamon sticks - 2 sticks

Onion - 2 (chopped into big pieces)

Tomato - 1 (chopped)

Green chillies - 2 nos

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn

Chilli powder - 1 tspn

Coriander powder - 1 tbspn

Garam masala powder - 1 tspn

Tamarind pulp - 3 tbspn

Salt - as needed

Coriander leaves - few (chopped)

Mint leaves - few (chopped)

Coconut oil - 3 tbspn

METHOD :

• Heat a pan with oil, add in whole garam masala and fry them for a min..
• Add in pureed onion and saute well till raw smell leaves..
• Add in ginger garlic paste, salt, spices powder and toss well.
• Now add in chopped tomato and mix well. Cover and cook till they mushy..
• Add in brinjal, chillies and water.. Add in tamarind pulp and mix well.
• Cover it lid and cook till the gravy is done..
• Add in coriander leaves and mint leaves..
• Mix it well, and cook till the oil floates on the top..
• Serve with your biryani..
• Enjoy...

PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Take onion in a blender and puree it

Heat a pan with oil

Add in whole garam masala 

Add in onion puree

Toss it well

Sorry guys, I forget to add bay leaf

Toss till the raw smell leaves

Add in ginger garlic paste

Mix it well

Now it's done

Add in spices powder

Saute well till they combained

Add in tomatoes

Cover the lid and cook till they mushy

Now they done

Add in brinjal and chillies

Mix well, so that the masala coated well

Add some water

When they bring to boil

Add in tamarind pulp

Add in coriander and mint leaves

Cover it with lid

Now it's done, check for salt

Cook till oil floats on the top

Now it's done

Transfer them in serving bowl

Enjoy with biryani..