Recipe ingredients
- One small to medium eggplant
- 1/2 tbsp tamarind paste or extract from a tamarind size marble, soaked
- One large onion, chopped (if using little ones in a bag, about five)
- 2 ripe tomatoes, diced
- 6 hot green chilles, slit and cut into pieces
- Curry leaves
- 1 tspn mustard
- 1/2 tspn turmeric
- Garlic (optional)
- Salt to taste
- 3-4 tbspn oil
Recipe method
- Chop the eggplant into very tiny pieces.
- Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when popping add curry leaves, chillies, onions and fry till onions become transcluscent.
- Add tomatoes and eggplant and fry for another five minutes.
- If using tamarind paste add a cup and half of water, or pour equal quantity of extract from fresh pulp.
- Throw in the turmeric, salt and garlic.
- Let it simmer for a while until eggplant becomes really soft and is barely able to retain its shape.
- Remove from heat.
- Tomato-Onion Gotsu More tomatoes can be substituted instead of the eggplant for a tomato-onion gotsu.
- Add more chillies if necessary.
Other indian recipes:
Gotsu recipe
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