Chidambaram Brinjal ( Kathirikkai ) Kosthu
By: malarvizhi
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:03pm

Ingredients




Brinjal  --  1/2 kg

cup sambhar  onions  --  2
teaspoon tamarind  paste --  2  or 3
red chillies --  15

teaspoon coriander seeds  --  4
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

Preparation

1 Place  a frying pan  on  fire and  pour 2  tsp  of  oil  and heat. 2 Add  chillies , bengal  gram  and coriander  seeds  and  fry  it . 3 When  the  seeds  splutter  stop  the  fire and grind it to fine powder. 4 Heat  1/2 cup of  oil in another kadai  and fry onions and brinjal one by one. 5 Mash  all  the  brinjals  with  a  fork and keep both onions and brinjal aside. 6 Now  add all the  remaining  oil  and heat. 7 Add  mustard  seeds, asafoetida  and curry  leaves. 8 When the  seeds  splutter  add mashed  brinjal, fried  onions,  tamarind paste, 9 Turmeric powder, salt and  finally  the powder. 10 When the kosthu  releases  oil,  stop  the fire and transfer into a dry bowl. 11 Serve  hot  with hot idlies.

About


A  very  famous dish  in Chidambaram , Tamilnadu , INDIA.