Brinjal/ Egg plant/ Katharikkai Thokku

 Thokku is a thick consistent gravy made with tomatoes, tamarind along with any

veggies.Variety of thokku can be made from different vegetables and come for few days

without spoil. Now, I am going to make this thokku with Brinjal/egg plant/Katharikkai. We

can mix this thokku with rice, chappathi, idli, dosas. Let’s get started.

Ingredients:

Brinjal/ Egg plant - 200 grm

Chopped Onion - 1

Chopped tomato - 1

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Mustard seed - ½ tsp

Urad dhal - ½ tsp

Cumin seed - 1 tsp

Fenugreek seed - ½ tsp

Green Cardamom - 2

Turmeric powder - ½ tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - ½ tsp

Tamarind juice taken from 1 gooseberry size

Curry leaves - 2 spring

Coriander leaves for seasoning

Salt as required  

Sesame oil for seasoning

Steps:

Heat 3 tsp of sesame oil in a pan.

Once oil hot add ½ tsp mustard seed, ½ tsp urad dhal, 1 tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp fenugreek

seeds, 2 green cardamom.

Once mustard start spluttering, add 2 spring curry leaves and fry it.

Then add 1 chopped onion and cook till translucent.

Now add  1 tsp ginger garlic paste and fry it.

Then add 1 chopped tomato and required salt and cook for 1 minute.

Now add ½ tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp

garam masala powder and stir it.  Then add 200 gram cubed brinjal and stir it thoroughly.

Then add tamarind extract taken from 1 gooseberry size and stir it and cook for 2 minutes.

Later add 1 cup of water and cook for another 5 minutes.

Finally garnish with coriander leaves and stir it.

Now tasty Brinjal thokku is ready to serve. This will be very tasty for rice or chappathi.