Brinjal Potato Puli kuzhambu

    TAMARIND, i love it for its-owned SOUR taste. During my pregnancy period, i love to take it with the combination of coarsely grinded cumin seeds with salt. It will be Yummy !! Even now my mouth is watering :) So, i love all dishes which has lot of pulipu/sour. Hence am posting this recipe for you people. Usually will prepare this dish, by adding extra amount of Tamarind pulp as i like its taste. But my hubby will suffer a lot due to the heaviness in sour taste by telling "Yen ivalo pulipaaaaaaa panra, pallu kooooooooosuthu" :) So here comes my Sour-Riched Brinjal Potato Puli Kuzhambu recipe for you ppl. :)




INGREDIENTS
Vertically Chopped Brinjal - 3 Nos.
Chopped Onion - 2 or 3
Chopped Tomato - 1
Curry Leaf - 1 twig
Coriander Leaf - 2 Twigs
Fenugreek - 4 or 5 seeds
Sesame Oil/Sunflower Oil - 3 Spoons
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 spoon
Corainder Powder - 2 spoons
Chilly Powder - 2 spoons
Tamarind Syrup - 5 Spoons
Turmeric Powder - Pinch
Mustard - 1 spoon
Salt - To taste

METHOD:
    Keep a pan, add 3 spoons of Sesame oil. Add mustard, once it splutters up. Add Fenugreek, cumin seeds, Curry and Corainder leaves and saute it for 2 mins. Then add chopped onion, fry it until it turns transy. Now add chopped tomato, turmeric powder, corainder Powder, chilly powder and salt, saute it until the oil stagnate at the top. Then add chopped brinjl and potato saute with the fried items and pour half a glass of water, allow it boil by closing it with lid. Once the Brinjal and Potato reahed half-boiled state, pour Tamarind pulp and add required water and salt. Close the lid to boil until the raw smell of tamarind syrup goes off. Simple Recipe is it. Try it !!!

Note: Drumstick can also be added. Finely grinded coconut can also be added to increase the quantity. Meantime, which also reduce my favourite sour taste:(

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