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Visitors Recipe
Brinjal Gotsu (Egg plant Gotsu)
Ingredients
1 large Brinjal or eggplant 1/2 chopped onion 1/2 spoon of Sambar powder 1/4 spoon Mustard 1/2 spoon Urid Dal 1/4 spoon Toor Dal 4 Dry Chillies little bit of Hing Required amout of salt 1/2 cup of Tamarind Extract 1 tbsp of oil 4-5 curry leaves
Method
1. Head 1 tbsp of oil in kadai and garnish mustard, urid dal, toor dal, dry chllies and Hing. 2. Add Onion to this and fry well. 3. Pour tamarind extract in the kadai and add to it curry leaves, salt, sambar powder and allow it to boil for some time. 4. In the mean time, heat the brinjal or egg plant(can heat it in the cooker for 1/2 hour) and peel the outer skin and take the flesh inside and mash it well. 5. Add this to the boiling tamarind and mix it well.Allow it to boil for five minutes and put off the gas. 6. This can be mixed with rice and eaten. This can also be a side dish for tiffin varieties like Pongal, Idli's etc 7. Try it out and it will be very tasty. This quantity can be eaten with rice by 3 adults.

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