Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

[kugan98]

Friends, there are many ways to cook brinjals. This is the Malaysian style.
You can even cook chicken this way. Only thing is that, you have to marinate the chicken in ginger and garlic paste, then deep fry it before , doing it the way the brinjals are done. Thanks, Kugan98.



BRINJALS IN SOY SAUCE

Ingredients:

500 grms long purple brinjals
50 grms big onions sliced
20 grms garlic sliced
10 grms ginger cut into match sticks
3 green chillies, slit 4 and cut across
2 red chillies, slit 4 and cut across
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp thick soy sauce
1 tsp vinegar
¼ cup water
A pinch of sugar
A pinch of salt
Oil

Method:

Slit the brinjal into 4, then cut into 6cm in length.
Heat oil in a non-stick pan and shallow fry the cut brinjals.
Remove when the brinjals are light brown in colour.

Heat little oil in the same pan, add in the onions, garlic,
ginger, green and red chillies. Sauté well.

Now add in the thick soy sauce, thin soy sauce, vinegar, salt
sugar, and the 1/4 cup of water. Let it come to a boil.
Now add in the fried brinjals and mix well.
Remove and serve with rice.

[dev]

welcome back,K!!!...

Ella recipesum super yummya irukku... I made ur jigar thanda to beat the summer heat... super yummy... sabja seeds illamal thaan senjen...I used scrambled china grass instead...

[dev]

K, do u have a recipe for tomato ka salan/ brinjal ka salan?..

[lakme]

Kugan, welcome back. So glad you got Amma's blessings...I feel like I got it too, through you.

[kugan98]

Thanks Dev, for your nice post. Glad that you enjoyed the jigar thanda.
Why did you not tell me that you do not get sabja seeds in India?
I could have brought for you some.


Dev, as for the brinjal ka salan and tomato ka salan.
I normally will cut the long brinjal into thick strips.
The correct method is to slit into 4 a small brinjal. I feel the gravy will not go into the brinjal to make it tasty. Anyway I have done both methods.
I will post the recipe for you soon, also the tomato ka salan.
Thanks and take care, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Lakme for your beautiful post. I wrote down all my forum friends names and prayed for all of you all. I asked AMMA to BLESS each and every family.
I am sure you would have been blessed by AMMA. She is great.
Thanks and take care Kugan98

[kugan98]

There are many ways to do this dish. This is how I do.
You can use whole small brinjals, cut into four but with the stalk intact.
I usually make the gravy a bit thinner when I use whole brinjals.
I am posting both the pictures for you to see. Thanks, Kugan98

BRINJAL KA SALAN

250 grms brinjals cut into thick strips
2 onions chopped
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp chillie powder
1 sprig curry leaves
1 green chillie cut into strips
½ cup thick tamarind juice from lime sized ball.

To Temper:
3 tbs oil
½ tsp fenugreek seeds
¼ tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp aniseeds
A pinch of ajwain seeds

To Roast And Grind:

1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
2 tbs grated coconut
1 tbs of ground nuts.

Method:
Cut the brinjals into thick strips. Deep fry for about 5 minutes.
Remove and keep aside.

Heat oil in a wok, add in the tempering one by one.
Fry them for a minute, add in the curry leaves.
Now add in the chopped onions and sauté well.

When the onions turn limp, add in the ginger, garlic paste.
Add also the salt and chillie powder, green chillie and fry well.
Now add in the tamarind juice and cook well till the raw smell goes.
Add in the ground paste and fry for about 4 minutes.

Now add in the fried brinjals, and little water to form thick gravy.
Simmer for about 5 minutes, remove and serve.

Whole Brinjals:



Thick Brinjal Strips:

[dev]

Brinjal Salan looks heavenly!!!... with ajwain seeds, sesame,groundnuts n stuffs... will try it tomorrow...

Tomato salan - is the recipe the same... just use tomato in place of brinjals?

[dev]

Thanks Lakme for your beautiful post. I wrote down all my forum friends names and prayed for all of you all. I asked AMMA to BLESS each and every family.
I am sure you would have been blessed by AMMA. She is great.
Thanks and take care Kugan98

So sweet of u Kugan... Thanks a lot to u and Amma...

[AudazJay]

Welcome back, K sis I'm glad that your wish of getting the blessings of Amma was granted. Thanks for praying for all of us too, that's really kind of you.
I wanted to do the eggless carrot cake last weekend, but had a family emergency, so decided to postpone it to this weekend. But to my surprise, you even posted the non-veg carrot cake recipe as well. I'm not sure how you're able to post the recipes so fast, that too with the Singapore trip in between. Thanks a lot sis, God bless you