Ingredients
- Eggplant( big )……………......... 1
- Big Onion(chopped)………….....1
- Tamarind Extract (lemon size ) …..1cup
- 6 hot green chillies, slit and cut into pieces
- Mustard Seeds………………….1 tsp
- Chana Dhal……………………..1 tsp
- Urad Dhal………………………1 tsp
- Red Chilies…………………… 2
- Curry Leaves…………………..few
- Hing……………………………1/2 tsp
- Sambar Powder……………… 2 tsp
- Jaggery Powder........................... 2 tsp
- Salt to Taste
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Method
- Keep the brinjal on the gas stove and burn it. .
- ( Apply little oil on the Kathirikkai
- Turn the sides and make it burn.
- Cool it and peel the skin. Eggplant/brinjal and bake them in the oven at 250 degrees for 30 minutes..
- Mash the eggplant into pieces.
- Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds chillies, urad dhal and chana dhal.
- When the mustard seeds crackle add onions and fry.
- Then add tamarind water, mashed eggplant, turmeric powder, hing, jaggery powder, sambar powder and salt. Let it boil for 5 minutes. Add curry leaves
- Eat this gotsu with ven pongal.
- Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal, chana dhal, chillies and hing.
- Add the onion and fry well.
- Pour the tamarind extract, turmeric powder, sambar powder, curry leaves ,salt, the mashed eggplant, jaggery mix well, and boil for 5 more minutes.
- Tomatoes(more) can be substituted instead of the eggplant for a tomato- onion gotsu.
- Add more chillies.This gotsu can be eaten with rice and pappad.
- It can be the side dish for Pongal and idli.
