Brinjal Asadu koottu

My  grandma  prepare this koottu  in a casual way , She was  a great cook , My mom and mom in law  too prepared  the  food  in a jiff and   in  excellent  taste . We   still remember  and recollect their way of cooking in a   wooden aduppu, kumutti etc  with so much of  smoke ,Those days are golden days. As she says about  Kathrikai    , kai le kathrikayum  uravile chiththaathaa uravum usathi .. Means  in vegetables  Brinjal  and  in relation aunt ( mother's  younger  sister ) are great . She  prepared  so many dishes  with brinjal.
We can see the Asadu koottu  now:

Ingredients :
 Brinjal -  2 cups( washed  and  cut  and  put it in water  to avoid discolouring)
 Thur dal - 1 small cup ( cooked )
Tamarind juice  -  gooseberry size , soak and extract the juice
Ginger -   1/2 inch size ( cut very small pieces)
Green chilly - 3 (slit )
Turmeric powder -  little
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp  and urad dal - 1 tsp for tempering
 Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
  Garnishing - Curry leaves and  coriander leaves
 For  dry  roast: and powder in mixie
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Dhania - 2 tsp
Thur dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 2 tsp
 Red chilly -3
 Pepper - 1/2 tsp
 Hing -    small katti
Method :
Take a kadai and take   2 tsp of cooking oil temper  kadugu , urad dal , green chillies, turmeric powder , ginger pieces, then add brinjals  and fry for 2 minutes  , then add  tamarind juice, salt , sambar powder  and  cook till the raw smell of the tamarind and samber powder  goes.Then add the  cooked dal   and   add the   dry and ground  powder  , mix it without lumps  allow to boil for  1 minutes , then   garnish with curry leaves and fresh coriander leaves  and  enjoy the koottu   in hot  rice/  samber rice/ rasam rice.


 
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