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Fried Brinjal With Coconut

A home-style Kerala dish made with care and the kind of spice knowledge that comes from watching someone else cook it a hundred times. Each step matters, and the result is worth the effort.

30 min total|Prep 30 min|Cook 20 min|4 servings|easy

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

50 g Brinjal Vazhuthananga
1/2 tsp Chilly powder
11/2 tsp Coriander powder
5 nos Pepper corns — powdered
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Garlic — crushed
1/2 cup Onion — sliced
2 nos Green chillies — slit
Ginger — chopped
3/4 cup Coconut — grated
Tamarind extract the pulp adding little water
Oil, to taste
Salt, to taste

Preparation

Step 1
For preparing fried brinjal with coconut, first grind together chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, pepper and required salt.
Step 2
Cut the brinjal into thick round pieces and smear the ground masala paste on both sides. Keep the brinjal pieces aside for a few minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile extract the first and second coconut milk by adding some water and running in a mixer.
Step 4
Pour oil into a pan and heat it and fry the brinjal pieces until golden brown. Remove the brinjal pieces from oil and keep the fried oil aside to settle down.
Step 5
Pour the settled clear oil into another pan and cook onion, garlic, green chillies and ginger.
Step 6
Pour the second extraction of coconut milk and when it boils, add fried brinjal pieces.
Step 7
After a few seconds add the first thick extraction of coconut milk and tamarind. Add required salt and remove the vessel from fire before boiling starts.
Step 8
Fried brinjal with coconut, a Nutritious dish is ready. Serve hot.

Tip

When the recipe says "medium heat," it means medium. Kerala cooking is not about high-flame drama — most of the work happens at a patient, steady temperature.

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Main Course

Fried Brinjal With Coconut

A home-style Kerala dish made with care and the kind of spice knowledge that comes from watching someone else cook it a hundred times. Each step matters, and the result is worth the effort.

30 min total|Prep 30 min|Cook 20 min|4 servings|easy

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

50 g Brinjal Vazhuthananga
1/2 tsp Chilly powder
11/2 tsp Coriander powder
5 nos Pepper corns — powdered
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Garlic — crushed
1/2 cup Onion — sliced
2 nos Green chillies — slit
Ginger — chopped
3/4 cup Coconut — grated
Tamarind extract the pulp adding little water
Oil, to taste
Salt, to taste

Preparation

Step 1
For preparing fried brinjal with coconut, first grind together chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, pepper and required salt.
Step 2
Cut the brinjal into thick round pieces and smear the ground masala paste on both sides. Keep the brinjal pieces aside for a few minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile extract the first and second coconut milk by adding some water and running in a mixer.
Step 4
Pour oil into a pan and heat it and fry the brinjal pieces until golden brown. Remove the brinjal pieces from oil and keep the fried oil aside to settle down.
Step 5
Pour the settled clear oil into another pan and cook onion, garlic, green chillies and ginger.
Step 6
Pour the second extraction of coconut milk and when it boils, add fried brinjal pieces.
Step 7
After a few seconds add the first thick extraction of coconut milk and tamarind. Add required salt and remove the vessel from fire before boiling starts.
Step 8
Fried brinjal with coconut, a Nutritious dish is ready. Serve hot.

Tip

When the recipe says "medium heat," it means medium. Kerala cooking is not about high-flame drama — most of the work happens at a patient, steady temperature.