Brinjal Ghotsu
A tangy curry made with smoked brinjal,tamarind and Indian spices
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 250 gms Brinjals / Baingan
- 1 tbsp Tamarind / Imli (Thick)
- 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
- 1 tsp Sambhar Powder
- 1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- To taste Salt / Namak
- 1 pinch Jaggary / Gud (optional)
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
- 3/4 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai
- 1/2 tsp Split White Gram / Safed Urad daal
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 1/3 tsp Bengal gram /chana daal
- 8 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
- 2 Dried Red Chilli, Whole
Instructions
- 1
Grease the brinjal with cooking oil and roast on an open flame till it is charred from all the sided and become soft to touch.
- 2
Peel the skin completly and mash it well.
- 3
Heat oil in a pan and add the urad and chana daal.
- 4
When it start to change the colour then add mustard seeds,curry leaves,green chillies and the red chilis and saute till lentils get a nice golden colour.
- 5
Now add the tamarind paste and 1/3 cup of water and cook till it start boiling.
- 6
Now add all the spices and the mashed brinjal in it
- 7
Simmer it for 3-4 minutes ,adjust the consistency by adding some more water if needed.it should be of medium thick consistency.
- 8
Add chopped fresh coriander and mix.
- 9
Serve hot with ven pongal ,steamed rice ,idli or dosa.