I was made to take a forced break as my computer was not working. Happy to be back with my family’s favorite brinjal thogayal recipe. Brinjal Thuvaiyal is a very tasty and delicious dish with a smoky flavour made with roasted brinjals. Learn how to make Brinjal chutney-Kathirikkai Thogayal following this easy recipe.
Wash and wipe the brinjal dry. Apply a little oil on brinjals and roast them on fire till the skin becomes charred. Leave it to cool. Then remove the charred black skin as shown in the picture below. Chop it into small pieces and keep it aside.
Soak tamarind in just a tbsp of water or use 1/2 tsp of tamarind paste.
Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, hing, red chillies and saute till dal turns golden brown.
Grind the above with tamarind adding very less water to a smooth paste.
Then add the chopped roasted brinjal, salt needed and grind just for a few seconds. (It should not be a fine paste).
It tastes great when mixed with rice and ghee. It can also be had as a side dish for dosa and chapati.
Brinjal chutney-Kathirikkai Thogayal
Prep Time : 15 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves: 3-4
Recipe Category: Side Dish-Dip-Chutney
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 3-4
Recipe Category: Side Dish-Dip-Chutney
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Brinjal -1 big or 2 medium sized ones as show in the pic.
Oil – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 3/4 tsp
Urad dal – 2 tbsp
Red chilli – 3-4
Hing – a pinch
Tamarind – little (very less)
Salt to taste
Preparation
Wash and wipe the brinjal dry. Apply a little oil on brinjals and roast them on fire till the skin becomes charred. Leave it to cool. Then remove the charred black skin as shown in the picture below. Chop it into small pieces and keep it aside.
Soak tamarind in just a tbsp of water or use 1/2 tsp of tamarind paste.
Method
Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, hing, red chillies and saute till dal turns golden brown.
Grind the above with tamarind adding very less water to a smooth paste.
Then add the chopped roasted brinjal, salt needed and grind just for a few seconds. (It should not be a fine paste).
It tastes great when mixed with rice and ghee. It can also be had as a side dish for dosa and chapati.
You might also like Baingan Bartha recipe made with smoked eggplant/ brinjal.
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Lovely chutney and loved the brinjal prop too.
Wow never tried or tasted thus before… But want to try for sure….
loved the recipe..can call this south indian style baigan ka bharta..loved the smoky flavour of brinjal so will try this version surely..
a very new recipe to me.
Yummy chutney, wish to have some with crispy dosas..
Mom use to prepare this delicious chutney !
lovely chutney!!
Yummy chutney, cute little brinjal man ..
looks so delicious, love it
Delicious thogaiyal,me too makes this often…
good to see you back , this looks delicious, v similar to what my mom in law makes, love the brinjal owl too
THis is sutta kathirika thogayal and I love it. Amma used to make it often and its been a while since I had it. Will make it soon. thanks for reminding me.
Tempting thogayal…Perfect combination for dosai, curd rice…
yummy chutney…
Yummy chutney and what a cute brinjal carving … loved it…will try to make one too.
looks delicious, i always wanted to try thogayal, this looks like a fairly simple recipe to make 🙂
good one.. love the cute brinjal avatar too 🙂
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yummy chutney…n very easy to make also..liked dat cute doll.
maha
looks so yum! love the clicks too!
my dad's fav one. nicely done
hey that is a nice chutney.. do drop by my space in your spare time
Noel collections
it is so similar to baingan bartha, sound lovely
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my mom makes this …love to have it mixed with hot rice ..loved the presentation
Hi padhu,
I love ur receipes and everything came out well except this brinjal thuvayal..final thuvayal came out with bitter taste but i am unable to figure out the exact reason..can you help..I think its bcoz of brinjal but dont know why..
I am glad that you love my recipes.When you buy brinjals ,see to it that it is firm but not rock hard .If the brinjal is very hard and has lot of seeds ,then it will be bitter .Moreover for brinjal thuvayal ,you should use it fresh . Try it next time and tell me .Do not use old stock brinjals which are kept in the fridge for a week.
You need not grind brinjal.just mashing is also fine. will taste yummier that way.
Dear Padhu, I just made brinjal chutney…It came out so well n my dad loved it…ur blog is my google when it comes to cooking…I admire ur love for cooking….more than that your generous nature of sharing your recipes..thank u very much…keep motivating young cooks like me…
Yes..padhuskitchen is my fav go to place for any recepie..thank you!
Hi,
Do you have any recipe using white brinjal for an accompaniment of chappati
hii,
I have a coil cooktop, as in it does not have a flame, how can we make this in microwave?
For roasting brinjal/eggplant in microwave -Place the whole brinjal in a microwave safe dish and microwave until it is tender. Peel the skin and use it. But you will not get the smoky flavor.
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Great recipe. It left me with my choice of how much spiciness and heat to add (or not)! ENDED up making it just as it tasted in my childhood.Thanks for the memories too!! cheers.
Padhu can we saute little bit raw tamarind(instead of tamarind water and paste) along with dal n grind?? Will it taste good?
Yes, you can. It will be good.
Thanks for the recipe.