# Pacha Puli Katharikai

Pacha Puli Katharikai or Katharikai puli sambal is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that will make you fall in love with it instantly after the first bite.

- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Eggplant
- Sesame oil or coconut oil
- Dried chillies
- Salt
- 1 handful Onion
- Curry leaves
- Coriander leaves
- 0.5 cup Tamarind extract
- 1 tbsp Oil

## Instructions

1. Pour oil into the wok.
2. Add chopped eggplant to the wok.
3. Fry the eggplant until golden brown.
4. Remove the fried eggplant from the wok and drain the excess oil.
5. Add dried chilies to the remaining oil in the wok.
6. Fry the dried chilies until crispy.
7. Transfer the fried chilies to a mortar.
8. Add salt to the chilies in the mortar.
9. Grind the chilies and salt finely using a pestle.
10. Add roughly chopped onion, curry leaves, and coriander leaves to the mortar.
11. Pound the ingredients together until well combined.
12. Add the fried eggplant to the mortar.
13. Crush the fried eggplant with the other ingredients in the mortar.
14. Add tamarind extract to the mixture.
15. Add one tablespoon of the frying oil to the mixture.
16. Mix all the ingredients well until combined.

## Equipment

- Wok
- Strainer
- Mortar and pestle

## Tips

- This recipe is a must-try for easy and delicious meals.
- You can use either a mixer grinder or a mortar and pestle for grinding.
- This recipe is perfect for lunch ideas.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6UuseD5McGE
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d959a8d4-fd90-457b-b8bd-d3f75e328635
- Extracted: 2025-07-22

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