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Brinjal Chops for Biryani-Brinjal Gravy Recipe-Side Dish for Biryani-Biryani Kathrikkai

March 16, 2015 by PadhuSankar 25 Comments

This brinjal gravy for biryani has many names like brinjal chops, biryani kathrikkai or brinjal thokku/curry. I have tasted it long time back and could not wait to try it when I found a similar version here. This is commonly prepared by Muslims as a side dish for biryani. It tastes very delicious and is a perfect accompaniment to biryani. I prefer this as side dish to biryani than onion raitha/pachadi. Though I have a different version of Brinjal gravy for biryani, this is a typical Muslim Style Brinjal Curry/Bhai Style Brinjal chops. Today we will learn how to make Brinjal side dish for biryani and pulao following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Brinjal Curry/Gravy- Side dish for Biryani

Brinjal Curry for Biryani


 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish for Biryani
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Small Purple Brinjals – 12
   Tamarind – 4 marble sized balls
   Salt needed

  Toast and Powder

   Black Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp
   Roasted Peanuts – 2 tbsp

   Spice Powder

   Chilli Powder – 4-5 tsp
   Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp

   For the seasoning

   Sesame Seeds Oil – 1/4 cup ( Gingelly oil-Nalennai)
   Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
   Whole Black pepper – 2 tsp
   Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
   Hing/asafoetida – a pinch
   Curry leaves – 2 sprig

Preparation


Choose small purple brinjals of even size. Cut it lengthwise and keep it in water until use to prevent discoloration.

Soak tamarind in hot water for 15 minutes and extract thick tamarind juice. Discard the pulp.

Roast sesame seeds and peanuts separately on medium flame until you get a nice aroma of toasted seeds. Cool and powder both together and keep it aside.

Crush the peppercorns slightly.

Method 


Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add cumin seeds, crushed peppercorns, hing and curry leaves.

how to make brinjal side dish for biryani

Add the brinjals (without any water), turmeric powder and mix well so that the brinjals are well coated the spices.

Cook covered on medium flame until soft.

brinjal chops

Add salt, chilli powder, sesame + peanuts mixture and cook covered for a few more seconds.

Brinjal Gravy for Biryani

Then add the tamarind extract, another tsp of oil and cook on medium flame, stirring in between until the gravy oozes out oil. The brinjals should be overcooked and mushy.

Biryani Kathrikkai

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with any biryani. I served with Egg Biryani.

Check out my another version of Brinjal Masala for biryani and vegetable pulao.

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Comments

  1. SPriya Shan

    March 24, 2015 at 9:06 am

    Shall we use white sesame seeds?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      March 24, 2015 at 2:36 pm

      Yes, you can use but in traditional recipe, they use only black sesame seeds. That gives a nice flavor and a little dark color to the gravy.

      Reply
    • Unknown

      June 24, 2016 at 7:37 am

      Ya

      Reply
  2. SPriya Shan

    March 25, 2015 at 6:36 am

    Thank you for the reply,padhu mam..

    Reply
  3. Unknown

    November 8, 2015 at 5:59 am

    comes out very well. this is correct proportion and the taste is yummy. God bless u padu.

    Reply
  4. Deivekan Rajan

    January 8, 2016 at 8:17 am

    I tried myself. It's so taste…. very useful tips. Congrats keep it posting

    Reply
  5. Krishna Acha

    January 30, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    I tried this afternoon with veg biriyani. The brinjal curry came out very well. Nandri.

    Reply
  6. Nirmala Sekar

    June 4, 2016 at 6:48 am

    Very simple and tasty. Thanks for your help.

    Reply
  7. Dhana Sekar

    August 28, 2016 at 5:20 am

    Thanks to all

    Reply
  8. kavitha nair

    October 20, 2016 at 7:55 am

    Loved the recipe padhu, thank you

    Reply
  9. Nithya sukumaran

    February 24, 2017 at 2:03 pm

    This recipe came out well today. Thanks

    Reply
  10. Unknown

    May 4, 2017 at 4:08 am

    It was awesome.. my hubby loved it.. thanks padhu

    Reply
  11. Dazzle_yams

    May 16, 2017 at 7:11 am

    I don't have sesameseeds what is the alternative for that madam

    Reply
  12. Meenakshi Ramanujam

    February 10, 2018 at 10:38 am

    It came out so yummy. I made lot of powder of sesame and groundnut. Can it be used for other dishes.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 11, 2018 at 8:45 am

      You can use it for other curries also.

      Reply
  13. Grace

    May 19, 2020 at 4:53 am

    Hi,
    Used this recipe to make mushroom curry. I used cup mushrooms, a kilo before cleaning. Though it was a bit spicy and hot, it was tasty. Will try with brinjal again.

    Reply
  14. Sujtha

    July 13, 2020 at 5:02 pm

    Can we do this in pressure cooker kindly tell in cooker style

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      July 24, 2020 at 11:02 am

      Yes, just follow the same procedure.

      Reply
  15. Y r

    July 18, 2020 at 10:48 am

    Can we make this dish without peanut and sesame please?

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      July 24, 2020 at 10:59 am

      That is the highlight of this recipe.

      Reply
  16. Preeza

    January 15, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    Hi Padhu
    This recipe is a super dooper hit in my family, very few ingredients but the taste is yummy, thanks for sharing, God bless

    Reply
  17. Sesh

    August 2, 2022 at 2:30 am

    Hi can you tell me approximate weight of tamarind to added please.

    Reply
  18. Ivy

    October 5, 2022 at 10:58 am

    This recipe has no ginger garlic paste?

    Reply
  19. Ramya Gopal

    July 9, 2023 at 11:40 pm

    Can we use Mushroom for the same recipe?

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      August 7, 2023 at 9:30 pm

      Yes

      Reply

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