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    Brinjal Kotsu / Kathirikkai Kotsu / Eggplant Kotsu / Mashed Up Eggplants cooked in Spicy Tamarind Sauce

    March 7, 2012 By Aarthi 34 Comments

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    Cooking with Brinjals are really easy because you can do a whole lot of stuffs with it.. I have quite a few recipe in my blog..You can check it here..This is one of my favorite dish to have with piping hot rice or with hot roti specially phulkas..They taste divine..This is so easy to make also..It requires only simple ingrediants...When brinjals are cooked in tamarind juice along with some spicy green chillies and onions, they turn into super delicious...

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    I hope you will give it a try and let me know how it came out..
     
    Ingrediants:
    Brinjal – ½ kg chopped finely
    Onion – 1 large finely chopped
    Green Chilli – 3 to 4 chopped
    Curry leaves – 1 spring
    Tamarind – 1 small lemon size
    Salt to taste
    Oil- 4 tblspn ( I used Indian Sesame Oil/ Nala Ennai / Gingelly Oil)
    Method:
    Take tamarind in a bowl and cover it with 2 cups of water. Let it soak for 5 mins. Now mix with your hand. Strain it and set it aside.
    Heat oil in a kadai. Add curry leaves and onions and fry till they turn transparent. It will take around 2 mins.
    Add green chillies and chopped up brinjals and mix well. Add salt and tamarind water and mix well.
    Bring it to a boil and cover and simmer for 15-20 mins.
    Now using the back of a spoon mash the brinjal till it form a very smooth and gets mushy.
    Now simmer this untill all water evaporates and oil separates from this..Mix inbetween
    Serve with rice or roti.
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    take all your ingrediants
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    Chop up your brinjals and chillies
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    take tamarind in a bowl and cover it with water.
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    strain it and set aside
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    Heat oil in a kadai.
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    add curry leaves
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    onions
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    and saute for a min
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    add brinjals
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    and green chillies
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    mix well
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    add salt
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    and tamarind water
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    cover and simmer
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    till it gets cooked...Press it with a spoon till it gets completely mushy
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    cook it till oil separates
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    Done
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    Serve
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    About Aarthi

    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    Comments

    1. Sharmilee! :)

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      I like it with idlis..looks yum

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    2. Mélange

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      New recipe to me Aarthi..A very innovative idea with brinjal..Love to try.

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    3. Roshu

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      Super duper presentation!!!!!!
      Lovely recipeee

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    4. Preeti Garg

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      Awesome....

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    5. Ramya

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      i have never had this...but looks creamy and yum

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    6. Hema

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      Superb, looks very tempting..

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    7. Aruna Manikandan

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      my fav..
      love to have with hot idli's 🙂

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    8. zareena

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      mmmm... I love brinjals a lot, but my Husband is not so keen on this veggie 🙁 so its been ages I made something with brinjal

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    9. faseela

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      very yummy aarthi....lovely recipe

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    10. Tina

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      Glad to stop in and find a new way to prepare eggplants. I see that you used sesame oil here instead of regular, which is a good choice. Also I like your summer special slide show! Have a great day.

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    11. Tina

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      x

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    12. DivyaGCP

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      Love the dish.. Looks so yummy..

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    13. StephenC

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      Do you think I could get a good result with some lemon and/or lime juice? Tamarind is not commonly available to me. As for eggplant, I'm all for it. You are always very kind to reply to [email protected]

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    14. Hamaree Rasoi

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      Delicious and tempting brinjal kotsu.
      Deepa

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    15. PriyaVaasu

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      Wow aarthi, is that a clay-pot? They add an extra taste to the dish. Brinjal kotsu an apt condiment for south-indian breakfast!!!

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    16. Sushma Mallya

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      Lovely recipe, this looks delicious!

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    17. Sumi

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      looks delicious..

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    18. Sobha Shyam

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      delicious one..

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    19. maha

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      this looks very new n tasty.....awesome pics...nice presentation as always...
      Maha;-)

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    20. maha

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      this looks very new n tasty.....awesome pics...nice presentation as always...
      Maha;-)

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    21. Anu

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      Looks yum, usually i do with pongal. My eyes are in that clay pan that too with lid, looks nice

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    22. sangee vijay

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      lovely recipe...thanks for sharing!!
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    23. Nisha

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      bookmarked 🙂

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    24. Kai ruchi

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      A very detailed description and easy to follow. Nice recipe!

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    25. Rasi

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      love it with pongal 🙂

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    26. Rosita Vargas

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      ES UN PLATO DELICIOSO ME ENCANTAN LAS BERENJENAS,ABRAZOS HUGS,HUGS.

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    27. Asiya @ Chocolate & Chillies

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      Wonderful! Love the addition of tamarind!

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    28. RAKS KITCHEN

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      I love it with idly, yumm!

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    29. Aarthi

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      @StephenCTraditionally these eggplants are cooked mainly in tamarind that what gives that tangy flavour to it..if you cannot find tamarind over there, I would advice you to add couple of good sour tomatoes and cook the eggplants completely till it gets mushy and finish this dish with a good squeeze of lime juice..Though the colour will change a little, but it won't be a problem..Hope this helps..

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    30. Valarmathi Sanjeev

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      yummy recipe..... love to have with idlis.

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    31. Hemavathi Murari

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      Yummy its good with chappatis/pooris.

      Superb one dear.

      Happy Women's Day

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    32. Shilpakiran

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      i always wanted to do something different with brinjal ..thank u..so much ..for sharing ...let me try this

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    33. Chitra

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      Love to have with idly. yummy post.

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    34. Princy Vinoth

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      this looks yummy i love eggplant for they are so easy to cook.

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