Kathrikai(Brinjal/Egg plant) Gothsu

I was on the look out for a good recipe that I could prepare with Brinjal and my husband suggested that I prepare gothsu. I tried to search for some easy one and finally prepared my own version of the gothsu. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

• Brinjal /Egg plant - 1 cup (diced)
• Onion - 1 cup (chopped)
• Tomoto - 1/2 cup (chopped)
• Tamarind - 1 small lemon sized 
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

• For the curry powder:
• Channa dhal - 2 tsp
• Coriander seeds(Dhania) - 2 tsp
• Dry Red Chilli - 3-4 nos
• For seasoning:
• Oil - 2 tsp & 1 tsp
• Mustard - 1/2 tsp
• Channa Dhal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry Leaves - a few

 Preparation:

• In a small cup, soak the tamarind in hot water and allow it to cool for about 10 mins to extract juice from it later.
• Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients mentioned under the curry powder section
• Dry roast it until dhal becomes golden brown and remove from flame and allow the mixture to cool.
• In the same pan, add some more oil and add mustard. Once the mustard splutters, add channa dhal and the chopped onions.
• Saute the onions until the raw smell goes off. Now add the chopped tomatoes and sauté for some more time until the tomatoes become mushy.
• Add the turmeric and the diced egg plant and give it a nice stir.
• Next,, add the tamarind juice, salt and asafoetida to the mixture and let the egg plant boil in tamarind juice.
• In the mean time, grind the dry roasted ingredients and add 1 tsp of the ground powder to the boiling mixture.
• Once the egg plant is cooked, remove from flame and serve it hot.

It can be had along with pongal, idly, oothapam...