Tamil Nadu

Kathirikai gothsu

Name: Kathirikai gothsu
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 1 large or 4 small brinjal (eggplant, aubergine); 8 chopped shallots; 1 medium tomato; a small lemon sized ball tamarind; 1 1/4 cups water; 2 tsp sambar powder; 2 slit green chilli; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 1/2 tbsp sesame oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp chana dal (split chickpeas); 2 sprigs curry leaves; a pinch asafoetida; 1 tsp jaggery; Salt, to taste

Smoky mashed brinjal in tamarind. Pongal's soulmate, straight from Chidambaram.

30 minTime

2 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Chidambaram gothsu1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFire roasted brinjal and sesame oil.

The original

114kcalsame

2 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

30minutessame

Chidambaram style gothsu.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)1 large or 4 small

Shallots8, chopped

Tomato1 medium

Tamarinda small lemon sized ball

Water1¼ cups

Sambar powder2 tsp

Green chilli2, slit

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Sesame oil1½ tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Chana dal (split chickpeas)1 tsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Asafoetidaa pinch

Jaggery1 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

3 steps

1Roast the brinjal over an open flame until charred and soft. Peel and mash.
2Heat sesame oil, temper mustard, chana dal, curry leaves and asafoetida. Add shallots, green chillies and tomato and cook soft.
3Add tamarind extract, sambar powder, turmeric and salt and boil 5 minutes. Add mashed brinjal and jaggery and simmer to a thick, pourable gravy.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Tamil Nadu

Kathirikai gothsu

Smoky mashed brinjal in tamarind. Pongal's soulmate, straight from Chidambaram.

30 minTime

2 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Chidambaram gothsu1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFire roasted brinjal and sesame oil.

The original

114kcalsame

2 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

30minutessame

Chidambaram style gothsu.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)1 large or 4 small

Shallots8, chopped

Tomato1 medium

Tamarinda small lemon sized ball

Water1¼ cups

Sambar powder2 tsp

Green chilli2, slit

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Sesame oil1½ tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Chana dal (split chickpeas)1 tsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Asafoetidaa pinch

Jaggery1 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

3 steps

1Roast the brinjal over an open flame until charred and soft. Peel and mash.
2Heat sesame oil, temper mustard, chana dal, curry leaves and asafoetida. Add shallots, green chillies and tomato and cook soft.
3Add tamarind extract, sambar powder, turmeric and salt and boil 5 minutes. Add mashed brinjal and jaggery and simmer to a thick, pourable gravy.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Kathirikai gothsu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Kathirikai gothsu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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