Brinjal or Eggplant Special Round-up

Vellore Mullu Kathirikai Serwa

Thai Eggplants Masale Curry

Kathirikai Puli Kuzhambu

Hot Italian Eggplants Varuval

Brinjal Mor Kuzhambu

Eggplant Chutney

Stuffed Eggplants

Bagara Baingan

Baingan ka Bartha

Eggplant Thayir Pachadi

Vaangi Bath


Eggplant Special Round-up

Eggplants are native to India. Proably the wild breed, was white in color, unpalatable, bitter, with full of thorns and round in shape. Constant breeding and domestication of vegetables...gave rise to pure line of violet, purple, green varieties. Bigger versions are all hybrid from careful selection.

Unlike animals, vegetable domestication demands lots of labor and thorough research. Identifying male and female plants, crossing the pure cell lines, avoiding ploidy, saving the beneficial mutants, gosh wonder how early man managed all these, without bit of science background!!!

The English word for this vegetable is Egg-plants...probably came through European tongue...it was probably in egg sized shape, during 17th Centuary. In Indian English(only in Indian English) they also call it as 'Brinjal'...probably a false cognate from the Hindi word 'Baingan'.

Vellore, North Arcot belt is my home town! There one could find a particular species of eggplants, called 'Vellore Mullu Kathirikai'. Literally means 'thorned Eggplants'. Yes, it is, the umberlla of this medium sized violet eggplants bear minute thorns...still hanging up with its original species. This particular eggplants are tasty, they stay in the curry without disintregrating for long time, the seeds are so minute and totally unnoticable when cooked.

Well, these eggplants/brinjal round-up recipes are going to Sanghi's Event of the Month. I am excited to send my work to her. Blogging really connects us all, thanks.