Yenai Kathirikaai Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

Small Onion - 16-18
Tomato - 1/2 (fine chop)
Garlic - 6-7 (fine chop, crush it)
Sambar Thool - 3 tbsp
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Coriander Leaves - Little
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds -1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Vadagam - Little
Tamrind water - 1 cup (soak lemon size in water)
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

For Brinjal Fry:

Brinjal - 7
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Coriander Powder - 3 tsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - Little
Tamrind water - 1 tbsp

Method:

• Slit 4 onions length wise and set aside.
• Fine chop other onions and set aside.
• Wash and make 4 slits at the center of the brinjal.
• In a bowl add the ingredients  mentioned under "for brinjal fry" (except brinjal).
• Make a paste.
• Fill this in each brinjal and set aside.
• Now heat little oil in pan and place these brinjals.
• Cook in low flame till they are evenly cooked in all sides.
• Transfer this to plate and set aside.
• Now in the same oil add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds.
• Now add in curry leaves and onions and saute.
• Add in garlic and saute for a while.
• Add in tomato and cook it turns mushy.
• Now add the tamrind water, salt and sambar thool
• Mix well and let it boil for 5 mins.
• Now add the fried brinjals and mix.
• Let it boil for few mins till gravy thickens a bit.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with rice.

Note:
Add salt accordingly as we add salt in brinjal stuffing too.