Kathrikai Podi Fry is a delightful eggplant dish that combines a variety of spices and grains to create a flavorful stuffing for brinjals. This special recipe, contributed by Moksha Giridhar, is perfect as a side dish with rice.
1: Add 1 tablespoon of oil into a pan.
2: Add all the ingredients i.e., mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, Fenugreek seeds, Hing, turmeric powder, coriander seeds, Bengal gram, red chillies, garlic cloves & curry leaves.
3: Roast all until the seeds become golden brown, on low or medium flame.
4: Keep it aside and let it cool.
5: In a food processor or grinding mixer, add all the roasted ingredients and salt. Make a fine powder.
6: Cut and slit the brinjal into four halves (do not cut till the end).
7: Stuff the powder into the brinjal.
8: Add 4 tablespoons of oil into a pan or kadai.
9: Add the stuffed brinjals one by one into the kadai.
10: Close the lid and cook on low flame until the brinjals turn soft.
11: Ready to serve. It can be served with rice as a side dish.
