BRINJAL / KATHIRIKKAI MASIYAL, how to make easy Kathirikkai masiyal

 

An out and out Thanjavur recipe, learnt from my M-i-l... But she used to cook in a vessel, but according to the changing times and to fasten work, I have made it easier by making it a Pressure Cooker Recipe

So simple and yet so tasty.....

Less ingredients but max taste.....

Can be named a Koottu...

Can be named a Kuzhambu....

Must be made with Green brinjals only. 

Ingredients

Green brinjals - 4

Green chillies - 3 , slit

Curry leaves - a few

Rice flour - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

To season

Cooking oil - 3 tbsps

Hing powder - 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Recipe cuisine: South Indian; Category: Lunch/main dish/side dish

Prep time: 10 mts; Cooking time: 10 mts

Serves 2-3

Brinjals washed and drained in a colander and chopped into small cubes

Rice flour mixed with some water and kept ready

Pressure pan heated, hing and turmeric powders, mustard seeds and slit green chillies seasoned

Then the cubed brinjals along with curry leaves added and sauteed.

Salt to taste added

Water poured to immersing level

Rice flour water added

and mixed well, cooked for 2 whistles

Let the pressure release naturally, then after opening, looks like this

Serve this simple and yummy dish with any South Indian menu..we can mix rice with it and eat, or to rasam saadham, we can eat it as a side...however you eat it, it is amazingly yummy!!!

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Categories: Koottu Varieties, Pressure cooker recipes, South Indian Kuzhambus