KATHARIKKAI AND POTATO KOTHSU

KATHARIKKAI AND POTATO KOTHSU:

Ingredients:

Small brinjals-3[finely chopped]

Potato-1[cut into cubes]

Chopped tomatoes-1 cup

Slit green chillies-4

Big onion-2[chopped]

Turmeric powder-1sp

Mustard seeds-1sp

A small piece asafoetida

Chopped coriander and curry leaves

Red chillies-4

Salt to tatse

Oil-3tbsp

METHOD:

Place the brinjals, potato, tomato, onions and green chillies in a bowl, add enough water to cover the vegetables and pressure cook them to 5 or 6 whistles. Then take the bowl out, and drain the water into another bowl. Mash well the vegetables with the help of a potato masher. Then again add the cooked water to it with 1 sp turmeric powder and enough salt. Heat a kadai, and pour the oil. When the oil becomes hot the mustard seeds, the asafoetida , red chillies and the chopped leaves. Pour this tempering to the prepared kothsu and let it boil. If the kothsu is too thick then you can add ½ cup to 1 cup of water for the right consistency. Just let it boil for 5 minutes. This is a very tasty kothsu. But this kothsu should not be simmered for a long time . Then its taste will not be the same.