KATHIRIKAI KHICHIDI / BRINJAL GRAVY FOR IDLY

My mom calls this sambhar as khichidi .  So I've mentioned the same name.. This is  favorite sambhar..My mom makes especially for me when i visit her place.

I basically love brinjals and my husband is just the reverse.Last week i got some fresh brinjals from my uncle’s garden.I made this khichidi for me and tomato sambhar for my husband..

It came out exactly like my mom’s preparation..I felt like eating from my mom’s hand:)

Here comes the recipe,

Ingredients:

• Brinjal  - 4 nos ( medium size) (Finely chopped )
• Green chilly –1- 2 nos ( slit cut )
• Tamarind – 2 – 3 seeds ( soak in water )
• Small onions – 10 nos ( finely chopped )
• Hing / Asafetida – 2 pinches

To season:

• Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
• Hing – a pinch
• Urad dal – 1/4 tsp
• Channa dal – 1/4 tsp 
• Oil - tbsp

To garnish:

• Coriander leaves – little ( must add )

Method:

• Heat a kadai with very little oil and saute the green chillies.
• Add the sautéed chillies to the finely chopped brinjals with required water and pressure cook it for 1-2 whistles till brinjal turns mushy.
• Once it is done, mash it further with a ladle.It looks like a paste with brinjal pieces here and there.
• Now extract the juice from tamarind and add it to the above brinjal mixture.
• Season with all the items given under “ to season “ section. Add small onions and saute well.Add the brinjal mixture to it and let it boil  for 5 mins by adding hing , salt & required water.Onions get cooked nicely.Now remove from the flame by garnishing with coriander leaves.

Delectable brinjal khichidi is ready to eat with idly with sesame oil on top!! It tastes out of the world !!

Note : Please don’t forget to add the Hing 2 times and coriander leaves for garnishing.They are most important for this side dish.

 

This khichidi is on its way to WYF – Side dish event by our dear blogger EC.

KITCHEN CLINIC:

BRINJAL: Properties: Brinjal is sweet, sharp, hot, cures fever excessive humor of phlegm and flatulation. It is an appetizer, increases virility and is light.Brinjals of small size is very delicate and it cures excessive phlegm and bile in the body. Uses Eating brinjals roasted on fire after putting some salt into it cures excessive phlegm and wind humor of the body. Soup made up of brinjal and tomato increases the appetite and helps in digestion. Eating soft brinjal after baking it on fire and with raw sugar on empty stomach in the morning, cures the enlarged spleen due to malaria. Taking soft and baked brinjal with honey in the evening leering sound sleep. Using it for some days cures insomnia. The use of brinjal destroys the stones in its initial stage. If brinjal is taken in its mashed form or as soup with asafetida OR garlic, it cures flatulation. Note : Brinjal is not beneficial for person having excessive bile humor and one who has acidity problem. Pregnant woman should avoid its use.