I like food from India. I need some information please.?!

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Purple or green eggplant.

Im sorry but i tried googling it for you! i hope this helps

Ingredients:
Bangalore Kathirikai- 1 No.,
Urud Dhal- 2 tbs,
Gram Dhal- 2 tbs,
Red Chillies- 3 nos.,
Asoefoetida- a pinch,
Salt- 1 tbs

Method:
Cut the Bangalore Kathirikai after removing the skin. Pour
a spoon of oil in a pan and fry Bangalore Kathirikai till
it gets slight brown clour. Fry Urud dhal, Gram Dhal, Red
Chillies. Put the fried dhals and chillies with Bangalore
Kathirikai. Add asoefoetida and salt and put in the mixie
and grind into a paste.

Kathirikai means Brinjal . and Bangalore Kathirikai is the Brinjal grown in Bangalore ( A city in southern India ) ..Like how we say florida oranges..

If you need Brinjals , you can get them from your local Indian store ..They are purple and small ..If you cannot then replace kathirikai with egg plant . 3 or 4 kathirikais will be equal to 1 egg plant ( in quantity ) .. The taste will slightly differ ..

Kathirikai is my favourite :)

Whoa..I am a Bangalorean and trust me, this is not eggplant unlike the other answers you see here!
This is nothing but chayote squash. Read more here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote

Kathrikayi means eggplant in Tamil. However, the chayote squash introduced to Tamilnadu from Bangalore has a colloquially derived name for lack of imagination!

This vegetable can be used in any of the Indian curries. It is a bland vegetable and so can easily pick up Indian spices into it. Peel and cut into half to remove the core. Dice and use like any other vegetable.

Kathirikai is an eggplant (brinjal)

http://www.indianfoodsco.com/Classes/Glo…

EDIT:
I beg to differ with Nature, as an eggplant or brinjal are exactly the same thing! Different countries call it by different names.

In the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada it's mostly known as an egg-plant.

In the UK, it's know as an aubergine.

In India, South Africa and many other countries, it is known as a brinjal.

Different varieties of the plant produce fruit of different size, shape and color, especially purple, green, or white. There are even orange varieties.

Tulujevu is 100% correct. All the other responses are technically incorrect.

Transalating just the word "kaththirikkai" results in a misnomer. The full name is "Bangalore kaththirikkai" and is NOT a brinjal - the correct name for this vegetable is "Chayote squash ".

In Tamil they call it Bangalore kaththirikkai. But it does not belong to the eggplant/brinjal family. It is light green in color and has a small seed at the center.It is the size of big bell pepper but more oval in shape, like a pear. It has soft meat inside. It can be substituted with white pumpkin or a marrow.

Google search
http://srefoodblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/…

Kathirikai means Eggplant

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