Tomato Eggplant Coconut Curry – Thakkali Thenga Curry
Tomato and eggplant cooked in roasted coconut gravy, delicious vegetarian curry... Lately, I've been making a lot of vegetarian curries (Yes, using homegrown veggies) and having them with homemade chapati or rotis. I don't seem to get bored of South Indian style vegetarian dishes. But my Man tend to always go behind non-vegetarian dishes and for that reason I've to make non-vegetarian dishes pretty much everyday. On days when I crave for a good vegetarian dish, I just ignore what my Man loves and will make a couple of vegetarian dishes and I will be seen enjoying them to the fullest. I got excited seeing the first eggplant in my veggie garden, though many flowers bloomed only a couple of them produced the eggplant, I believe it's due to lack of pollination. Anyway, I happily picked the eggplant and decided to make a curry with it. Seeing the tomatoes sitting on counter top, I had to add them too. Eggplant and tomatoes were cooked in roasted coconut gravy, I loved this curry so much
What you will need
Grated coconut or coconut slices- 1 cup
Small pearl onions, chopped- 4
Chili powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
Coriander powder- 1½ tsp
Ground cumin- ½ tsp
Oil- 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Whole dry red chili- 2
Curry leaves- 1 sprig
Eggplant, diced- 1 medium sized eggplant
Tomatoes, cut into chunks- 5
Fresh tamarind- 2 inch slice soaked in ¼ cup water
Salt- to taste
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