Chidambaram Brinjal ( Kathirikkai ) Kosthu

Ingredients

Brinjal -- 1/2 kg

teaspoon tamarind paste -- 2 or 3

teaspoon bengal gram -- 4

teaspoon turmeric powder -- ¼

teaspoon mustard seeds -- 1

teaspoon asafoetida -- ½

curry leaves -- a few

salt -- to taste

cup oil -- 2

Place a frying pan on fire and pour 2 tsp of oil and heat.

Add chillies , bengal gram and coriander seeds and fry it .

When the seeds splutter stop the fire and grind it to fine powder.

Heat 1/2 cup of oil in another kadai and fry onions and brinjal one by one.

Mash all the brinjals with a fork and keep both onions and brinjal aside.

Now add all the remaining oil and heat.

Add mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves.

When the seeds splutter add mashed brinjal, fried onions, tamarind paste,

Turmeric powder, salt and finally the powder.

When the kosthu releases oil, stop the fire and transfer into a dry bowl.

Serve hot with hot idlies.

A very famous dish in Chidambaram , Tamilnadu , INDIA.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:03pm