Kosmalli(Eggplant Gravy For Tiffin)

Serving: 4 |Type: Breakfast-Side dish?pillayar Nombu

Ingredients:

Egg Plant small -5
Potato(big) -1
Onion(chopped) -½ cup
Tomato(chopped) -1
Green Chili(slit) -6 to 8
Tamarind -small marble size
Salt -to taste
Coriander leaves -few
Chili powder -½tsp

Seasoning:

Oil -2tbsp
Mustard -½tsp
Urad Dhal -½tsp
Fenugreek Seeds -¼tsp
Red chili -4
Curry Leaves -few

Method:

  1. Boil the eggplant and potato until it gets soft.
  2. Soak the tamarind with ½ cup of water and squeeze out the pulp and keep it aside.
  3. Peel the skin of the eggplant and the potato and mash both of together well.
  4. Then add tamarind pulp, salt and chili powder and 3cups of water and mix it well and keep it aside.
  5. Take the heavy bottom vessel heat with oil and add seasonings fry without burning.
  6. Now add onion and green chili sauté for 2 minute on medium flame.
  7. Then add tomato sauté well until it get mash.
  8. Now add eggplant and potato mixture.
  9. Cook it for 5 to 10 minutes then turn off the stove.
  10. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  11. Serve with idly, dosa or idiyappam.

 

Note:

  1. You can boil the eggplant and potato in the pressure cooker.
  2. You can reduce and increase the chilies according to taste.
  3. This is chettinadu side dish for tiffin.
  4. You can use one big egg plant(if you use it you can get the gravy more).
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