Saturday, March 14, 2009

BRINJAL KOTHSU

This is everyone’s favorite dish. We usually prepare this with venpongal and Rice uppuma. This tastes heaven with these two main dishes.

INGREDIENTS

Brinjal 3
Onion 2
Tomato 2
Tamarind paste 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric a pinch
Hing a pinch
Curry powder/sambar powder 3 tsp
Oil, mustard seeds, and curry leaves for tampering.

METHOD 1

Cut the brinjal to fine pieces, length wise the onions and tomatoes.
Pressure cook the brinjal, onion and tomatoes to two to three whistles.
In a pan pop up mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add the cooked mixture. Add salt, turmeric, tamarind paste with little water, hing and curry/sambar powder. Bring to boil for 8 to 10 mts.

METHOD 2

Take a big size brinjal and grill deeply on the stove top. The outer skin of the brinjal should turn black. Peal the skin and smash the flesh of brinjal.
In a pan pour oil and pop up mustard seeds.
Add onion, tomato sauté for a while and add the smashed brinjal. Add tamarind paste with little water.
Add turmeric, salt, curry powder/sambar powder hing. Bring to boil about 5 to 8 mts. keep stirring on and off. If the Kosthu is too thick add little water.

Now the simple yet tasty kosthu is ready.
Accompanies well with Rice uppuma and pongal

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

Havent tried yet Hema..would like to..since i love brinjal..thanks for sharing

Chutneytales said...

Yummy..yummy..Kosthu looks mouthwatering ..

Unknown said...

My hubbys fav. looks delicious..

Lavanya said...

mouthwatering..really good hema..i will give a try next time!!

Dori said...

Eggplants are so yummy, looks good!

Madhu's cooking gallery said...

Lovely dish Hema! Looks delicious..love the tangy flavor always..this sure tastes great with pongal! sapida varalama?

Pooja said...

I love the grilled version of brinjal..Nice post adlak...

Preety said...

it looks like bharta, love the flavor imli in any dish

Anonymous said...

My favourite too! :) Oh, I wanna try this too Hema!

Poornima Nair said...

my hubby will surelu love this...he is a brinjal fan:)...looks delicious.

Adlak's tiny world said...

Thank u dearies... all are welcome.

Saritha said...

Yummy brinjal,brinjal in any form i love it

Varsha Vipins said...

Great Kosthy..I love dishes like these Akka..yummy ones..:)

Raks said...

Kosthu looks yummy Hema! Love to have it with hot idlies:)

Purva Desai said...

Never tried this dish, but looks yummy...
Thanks for sharing

Shama Nagarajan said...

looks yummy...delicious

Unknown said...

wow so so mouthwatering perfect with venpongal yummy

Chitra said...

luv this recipe hema,will surely try :)first method seems easy!!

Finla said...

This looks so delicious.

Indian Khana said...

Always did the method 2...looks yummy...

Cham said...

That would be great with pongal!

Gita Jaishankar said...

That looks so yummy Hema....pressure cooking the veggies together is new to me... sounds to be easy too... I should try your method soon :)

Ashwini said...

Looks yummy..love the grilled version...

Vani said...

Love anything with brinjal. The gothsu sounds wonderful!

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

i havent made it after marriage. my mom used to do it often as all our family members r brinjal lovers.but my hubby doesnt prefer brinjal epect the curry i make using the big purple brinjal.yours look mouthwatering.

Deepa Hari said...

Kotsu looks yum Hema...i love them with pongal...makes nice combo.

gtyuk said...

brinjal chutney looks delicious; vayee uruhtu !! paakarthukku pulippaa kaaramaa irukuthu!

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

new background in ur kids blog is really nice

Vikis Kitchen said...

kothsu looks delicious dear. As u mentioned, good combo for venpongal.

Jaishree Iyer said...

Yummy kothsu...My fav.. Mouth watering Hema..

AnuSriram said...

Looks delicious! Love this recipe!

Uma said...

looks so delicious.

Shobana senthilkumar said...

Kosthu is tempting...i jus' luv it

Yasmeen said...

Love the grilled flavors,kothsu must be very appetizing with rice:)

Adlak's tiny world said...

Thank u my dears for all yr encouraging words and loving words.

suvi said...

I tried this hema, the first way, and we loved it! Thanks.

Srikitchen said...

hey its looking yummy hema!

Adlak's tiny world said...

Thank u aauadeeze and srilekha.

Malar Gandhi said...

Hema gothsu romba nalla irruku!:)

Andhra Flavors said...

It looks delicious.I haven't tried yet this.

Usha said...

Looks delicious, love kothsu with ven pongal :-)