Brinjal Gosthu | Kathirikai Kothsu | Side dish for Idli, Pongal

Brinjal Gothsu / Kathirikai Gothsu is a famous South Indian side dish that usually accompanies with idli and pongal. It goes very well with idli than dosa. It is a perfect blend of spicyness and sourness. Here the brinjal onion paste is cooked in a tamarind sauce. This is a very simple and quick recipe. Just give it a try and let me know the feedback.

Kathirikai Gosthu

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish

Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Brinjal - 4

Small onion - 1 cup

Tamarind - gooseberry sized

Red chilli - 3

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal / Uzhatham Paruppu- 1 tsp

Channa dal / Kadala Paruppu - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 3 sprigs

Coriander leaves - to garnish

Asafoetida - a generous pinch

Gingely oil / Nallennai - 4 tblspn

To roast and grind:

Coriander seeds / Dhaniya- 2 tsp

Kadala Paruppu - 1 tsp

Red chilli -7

Method:

For Gothsu Powder:

In a pan, drizzle little oil and start roasting channa dal. When it starts to change its color, add coriander seeds and red chillies. Cool them a bit and grind it to a smooth powder.

For Gothsu:

Peel the skin of small onion and slit the brinjals lenthwise.

Heat a pan, add small onion. Saute for a min and add in brinjal. Stir fry till brinjal becomes soft. Let it cool for some minutes and blend them coarsely.

Now, heat the same pan, add mustard seeds. When mustard starts to pop, add some broken red chillies.

Then, add a teaspoon of urad dal dal, channa dal and lots of curry leaves.

To this, add the tamarind juice which is extracted from a gooseberry sized tamarind.

Once it boils, add the ground brinjal and cook for a while. Add the prepared gothsu powder, salt, turmeric and simmer it for 10 mins.

Garnish with coriander leaves and put off the flame.

Serve hot with Idli or pongal.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

In a pan, drizzle little oil and first roast channa dal. When it starts to change color, add in coriander seeds followed by 6 to 7 red chilli(I reduced dry chilli and added chilli powder later)

Cool down a bit and grind them into a smooth powder. This is the gothsu powder used for preparing brinjal gothsu.

Heat oil in the same pan and stir fry for a min. Add brinjal and saute till onion and brinjal turns soft

Cool them a bit

Grind sauteed onion, brinjal coarsely and keep it aside

Now, heat little gingely oil and add mustard seeds

When mustard starts to pop, add 3 broken red chillies

Immediately, add channa dal and urad dal

and little curry leaves

Now, add the tamarind extract an allow let it boil

Add in coarsely ground brinjal onion mixture and cook for a while

To this, add the brinjal gothsu powder which we prepared earlier

Add salt to taste

and turmeric and simmer for 10 to 15 mins

Garnish with coriander leaves and put off the flame

Brinjal Gothsu is ready to serve!