Sweet and sour kathrikkai

Sweet and sour brinjal, photo and recipe courtesy from our cousin, Sheila.

I have always admired my mother in law's elder sister and she was one of the most celebrated grandmother in our household.

I have fond memories of Kamalu Patti as we all called her. Some of her recipes are so unique and she used to take lot of efforts to make a simple dish tastes amazing.

Last week her daughter was with us and I was more than happy to learn more dishes from her.

She was gracious enough to share her recipe and I have shared her recipe on my blog, here is the image of sweet and sour brinjal straight from her kitchen

Sweet & sour kathrikkai(brinjal)

1. Grind in mixie some roasted sesame & groundnuts, sambar powder, garam masala powder, garlic pieces, haldi powder, salt. 

2. Now slit brinjal, stuff this powder and cook brinjal in very heavy duty pan with lid after porichukotting/seasoning (tadka) &  adding water. ( Takes only few minutes if pan is heavy & shallow ).

3. Mix jaggery powder in tamarind water & add this sweet & sour sauce to brinjal, bring to boil & switch off.

( Can add pepper powder & red chilli powder from top. Gives nice flavor).

Garnish with coriander.

Sweet , hot & sour brinjal is ready.

Recipe courtesy : Sheila Shekhar

Photo courtesy :  From Sheila's kitchen