Sunday, May 22, 2016

Gothsu Recipes!

There is no change in the basic method of gothsu preparation. The same ingredients are required for making gothsu masala powder and for tempering.

Tamarind juice extracted  one cup
turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
salt to taste

For frying
Red chillies  4 nos.
Dhania          one table spoon
channa dal    two teaspoons
methi seeds  1/2 teaspoon
Hing(Asafoetida) if powdered 1/2 teaspoon or one small bit from a sold hing
Oil for frying one tablespoon

For tempering

Oil one table spoon
Green chillies 2 nos finely chopped
Red chillies 2 nos chopped
mustard seeds one teaspoon
urad dhal one teaspoon
channa dhal one teaspoon
Kadipatha two teaspoons
hing 1/4 teaspoon
coriander leaves if necessary one table spoons finely chopped
jaggery optional if you like jagger then add two teaspoons of jaggery powder

Fry the above mentioned ingredients  given for frying and make it a powder. Set aside.

Slight diffrence inspite of baking the brinjals you can cut them into small pieces and fry them in the oil till it will get smashed. For this type of Gothsu you need

2 medium size Brinjals finely chopped
2 big onions. finely chopped

Heat a kadai and pour cooking oil. Temper with mustard seeds, urad dhal, chana dhal , kadi patha, green chillies and red chillies. Add turmeric powder and hing powder or solid hing. Now add the finely chopped onions and fry them till it become golden brown. Now add the finely chopped brinjals till it become soft. Now add the tamarind juice extracted. Add the required salt. Let it boil for 10 minutes, add the gothsu masala powder and add jaggery if needed. After a minute remove it from fire. Decorated with coiander leaves and serve hot with Idli, Rava idli, uppuma, or ven pongal.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Gothsu receipes!

There are so many types in traditional gothsu making. Brinjal gothsu, (kaththirikkay gothsu), Onion gothsu, capsicum gothsu, mixed vegetable gothsu and so on. Brinjal gothsu should be prepared in two types. First type of Kathirikay gothsu or brinjal gothsu shoould be made by baking brinjal. Previously we have charcoal oven to bake vegetables directly. But now you can bake in an electric oven or microwave oven or you can grill it directly in the gas stove. I used to grill directly in the gas stove only. For four persons the following ingredients are needed!

Brinjal big size  for four persons 2 to 3
brinjal க்கான பட முடிவு  brinjal க்கான பட முடிவு

Tamarind juice extracted  one cup
turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
salt to taste

For frying
Red chillies  4 nos.
Dhania          one table spoon
channa dal    two teaspoons
methi seeds  1/2 teaspoon
Hing(Asafoetida) if powdered 1/2 teaspoon or one small bit from a sold hing
Oil for frying one tablespoon

For tempering

Oil one table spoon
Green chillies 2 nos finely chopped
Red chillies 2 nos chopped
mustard seeds one teaspoon
urad dhal one teaspoon
channa dhal one teaspoon
Kadipatha two teaspoons
hing 1/4 teaspoon
coriander leaves if necessary one table spoons finely chopped
jaggery optional if you like jagger then add two teaspoons of jaggery powder

Fry the above mentioned ingredients and make it a powder. Set aside.

Bake the Brinjals and remove the black skin from the brinjal and smash them with a flat ladle. Add tamarind juice, salt and turmeric powder. Mix them well with the ladle. Now heat a kadai in the stove and pour one table spoon full of cooking oil. Add mustard seeds and let it crack! Afterwards add urad dhal and channa dhal. It will become golden brown in colour. Then add kadipaththa, green chillies, red chillies and hing. Fry for one minute and pour the mixed brinjal masala.  After 5 minutes add the grinded powder and add some water according to the consistency. We have already add salt to the brinjal mixture so do not add salt now. Just let it boil for 5 to 10 minutes. Then add jaggery if necessary and after a minute remove it and transfer to a serving pan and decorate with coriander leaves and serve hot with ven pongal or rice kichdi, rava kichdi, or arisi uppuma. It will be a delicious match for arisi uppuma. Enjoy your kathirikay gothsu! 

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Delicious Rava Dosa!

Rava Dosai: For four people

Ingredients: Rava or Sooji One cup
Rice Flour                          3/4 cup
Maida or Wheat flour         1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Green chillies 2 nos
ginger one inch piece
Curry leaves and Coriander leaves finely chopped one table spoon
Black pepper broken 1/2 teaspon
cumin seeds two teaspoons
Sour Buttermilk 1/2 cup
oil for tempering and to prepare dosa 1/2 cup
for tempering mustard seeds one tea spoon

Mix all the flour in a basin. Add salt, broken pepper and cumin seeds. Add the buttermilk and mix well. Add more water to make a thin batter without any lumps. The batter should not be very thick or of medium consistency and not too thin. Now heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds. After the crackling of mustard seeds add green chillies, ginger and curry leaves. Mix well. Keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes.

Heat the tava or a non stick tava in the stove. Pour some oil on the surface and spread it with a slice of onion or paper napkin. With a ladle pour the batter from the edger towards the centre. Sprinkle oil. After the base became golden brown flip and cook the other side. After both sides are cooked well remove the dosa from the tava. Prepare all the dosas like this way. Serve hot with Coconut chutney, Tomato Chutney or Sambar or Onion chutney. You can add finely chopped onions in the batter to make onion rava dosa and it should be served hot.