Potato and Brinjal Tamarind Fry

Written by Kamala Updated on July 31, 2012 in Poriyal

Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup water and take out thick juice. One or two tablespoons of thick juice will do.
Wash potatos and peel the skin. Cut it into bite size pieces. Cut brinjal also to the same size. Put both the potato and brinjal pieces in a broad vessel. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and tamarind juice. Mix well and marinate for ten to fifteen minutes.
In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up add urad dhal, asafoetida powder and fry till urad dhal turn light brown. Add chopped onion and curry leaves and fry for few seconds. Then add the marinated potato and brinjal pieces. Stir well. Sprinkle half cup water and once again mix it well. Cover with a lid and cook on low flame stiring now and then till the potato is soft.
Goes well with Rice as well as Chapathi.

m
June 26, 2012 at 3:57 pm · Reply

This looks delicious. I will make it. Did you use the small dark purple eggplants or the long thin light purple ones?
- Kamala
  June 27, 2012 at 10:10 am · Reply
  
  I used small purple eggplant. But for this curry, you can use any type of brinjal.
  - m
    June 27, 2012 at 3:17 pm · Reply
    
    thanks for the info…. i just wanted to get the proportions the same as you have them.
  - m
    July 4, 2012 at 5:55 am · Reply
    
    I made your recipe this evening. It was very good and I thank you for sharing it!
    - Kamala
      July 4, 2012 at 9:51 am · Reply
      
      Thank you for your feed back.
Kavitha
June 27, 2012 at 3:37 pm · Reply

Hi mam
I tried this recipe as soon as I saw it
It was very tasty. Your website is really great
- Kamala
  June 28, 2012 at 10:04 am · Reply
  
  Thank you for your kind feed back Kavitha.
Nikola
August 12, 2012 at 8:36 am · Reply

Vanakkam! I made this poriyal last night and it turned out great. This is the the third dish from your website that I prepared. I want to try many more. மிகவும் நன்றி
- Kamala
  August 13, 2012 at 10:14 am · Reply
  
  Hi Nikola,
  
  Thank you for trying this curry and your feed back.
Trinita
April 25, 2020 at 4:08 pm · Reply

I tried exactly according to the recipe. It came out super nice. We had it with hot chapati s