BRINJAL GOTSHU

BRINJAL GOTSHU

Ingredients:

500 grms big purple brinjals
100 ml gingelly oil
5 dried chillies sliced
100 grms small onions whole
8 pips garlic whole
1 tbs ginger chopped
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp channa dal
¼ tsp mustard seeds.
2 sprigs curry leaves
½ tsp asafetida powder
½ tsp tumeric powder
3 tsp coriander powder
4 green chillies sliced
1 tbs tamarind paste in 1 cup of water
2 tbs chopped coriander leaves
Little vellam
Salt to taste

Method;
Rub oil on the brinjals and roast them on fire.
Let it cool , remove the skin and smash them with your fingers.
Keep them aside.

Heat a wok with the oil, add in the mustard seeds, garlic, asafetida powder and fry for a second. Now add in the urad dal, channa dal
And sauté well.
Add in the chopped ginger, onions, sliced dried red chillie and curry leaves. Sauté well, add in the smashed brinjal mixture, tumeric powder, coriander powder , salt and the sliced cgreen chillies.
Stir for a minute. Now add in the tamarind juice and another
½ cup of water. Let it boil and become thick.
Stir once in a way, add in the vellam and coriander leaves.
Stir well and remove.
Goes well with idli, dosa and even rice.