Hi all, let's start the New year with an easy dish that I had prepared on the auspicious festival of Pongal. Its a side dish to Venn Pongal and I was happy that it came out really well. It's a Tamarind based gravy Its called
GOTHSU Or KOTHSU
INGREDIENTS
MOONG DAL: 1 cup soaked in water for an hour or two
VEGETABLES: 1/4 cup of any vegetables like small onions, eggplant(brinjal), white pumpkin, potato, carrot, flat beans (avarakkai) etc
TOMATO: 1 Cup chopped into small pieces
TAMARIND JUICE: 1/4th CUP
GARLIC: 2 pods
ONION: 1 small chopped
GREEN CHILLI: 1
RED CHILLI: 1
MUSTARD SEEDS: 1 TSP
JEERA: 1 TSP
CURRY and CORIANDER LEAVES chopped
OIL and SALT as required
MAKING
Pressure cook the Moong dal with the chopped veggies and salt until the dal and the vegetables are fully cooked. You could also cook the vegetables and the dal in a separate pan with enough water and salt. You could use whichever method you want as long as the dal and veggies are fully cooked and soft.
Now take a Kadai, heat 1 Tbsp of oil, add jeera, mustard seeds, chopped garlic pods, green chilli, red chilli and chopped onions. Saute the onions until it turns golden. Add the chopped tomatoes, saute it until the tomatoes are blended with the tadka mixture. Add the tamarind juice, the cooked dal and veggies gravy. Add the required salt and cook for about 5-10 minutes in low flame. Garnish the gravy with freshly chopped curry and coriander leaves. Delicious Gothsu/Kothsu is ready. Serve it with hot Pongal, vada, Idli or Dosa.
TIPS/VARIATIONS
The only veggies I used were small onions, white pumpkin, carrots and potato. I cooked the dal and the veggies separately in a pan. That's because I was using the pressure cooker to make Pongal. Add the garlic pods gives good flavour. Usually we make sambhar with toor dal but Kothsu is usually made with moong dal and the most prominent vegetable used for this is eggplant /kathirikkai/brinjal
GOTHSU Or KOTHSU
INGREDIENTS
MOONG DAL: 1 cup soaked in water for an hour or two
VEGETABLES: 1/4 cup of any vegetables like small onions, eggplant(brinjal), white pumpkin, potato, carrot, flat beans (avarakkai) etc
TOMATO: 1 Cup chopped into small pieces
TAMARIND JUICE: 1/4th CUP
GARLIC: 2 pods
ONION: 1 small chopped
GREEN CHILLI: 1
RED CHILLI: 1
MUSTARD SEEDS: 1 TSP
JEERA: 1 TSP
CURRY and CORIANDER LEAVES chopped
OIL and SALT as required
KOTHSU/GOTHSU
MAKING
Pressure cook the Moong dal with the chopped veggies and salt until the dal and the vegetables are fully cooked. You could also cook the vegetables and the dal in a separate pan with enough water and salt. You could use whichever method you want as long as the dal and veggies are fully cooked and soft.
Now take a Kadai, heat 1 Tbsp of oil, add jeera, mustard seeds, chopped garlic pods, green chilli, red chilli and chopped onions. Saute the onions until it turns golden. Add the chopped tomatoes, saute it until the tomatoes are blended with the tadka mixture. Add the tamarind juice, the cooked dal and veggies gravy. Add the required salt and cook for about 5-10 minutes in low flame. Garnish the gravy with freshly chopped curry and coriander leaves. Delicious Gothsu/Kothsu is ready. Serve it with hot Pongal, vada, Idli or Dosa.
TIPS/VARIATIONS
The only veggies I used were small onions, white pumpkin, carrots and potato. I cooked the dal and the veggies separately in a pan. That's because I was using the pressure cooker to make Pongal. Add the garlic pods gives good flavour. Usually we make sambhar with toor dal but Kothsu is usually made with moong dal and the most prominent vegetable used for this is eggplant /kathirikkai/brinjal
