Egg plant & Mango Dhal or Kathirikai & manga Gotsu

Kathirikai(egg plant) mango gotsu is one of the more often made dish at my home.
This is actually my mom's recipe.I got it from her and customized it a little and now it has become one of my husband's favourite dish.

Ingredients:

• Egg plant or kathirikai - 1/4 kg
• Green mango- 1
• G.Chilli- 3
• Sambar powder or chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Toor Dhal- 1/2 cup
• Onion - 1
• Tomato -2
• Curry leaves
• Cilantro.
• Salt
• Cooking oil
• Hing
• Mustard.

Preparation:

• Cut egg plant and soak in water.
• Peel the mango skin and cut them into small pieces.

Method:

• Boil toor dhal,hing,cut tomato,cut mango and egg plant in a pressure cooker and let them cook well for like 5 or 6 whistles.
• The toor dhal,mango and egg plant should be overcooked for easy mashing.
• Now heat oil in a pan ,add mustard seeds,then onion,curry leaves,g.chilli.
• When the onion turns into golden brown, add the toor dhal mixture to it and mix well.
• Add the salt,sambar powder or chili powder and stir well.
• Let it cook for 2 mins.
• When the mixture starts to boil,mash it with a masher,if needed.
• Remove it from the burner and garnish with cilantro.

Pavakkai/Bittergourd Fry

Bitter gourd or pavakai is a very good vegetable,but most of the time, we dont know what to do with it. This is a very simple and delicious bitter-hot vegetable fry.

Ingredients:

• Bitter gourd – 2


• Chilli powder – 1 tbsp


• Salt to taste


• Tamarind water - 1 cup


• Olive oil or any cooking oil - 2 tsps.

Preparation:

• Chop the bitter gourd. I generally slice the gourd in rings and then remove the inner spongy seeds.


• Soak the cut bitter gourds in tamarind water for few mins,say 10 mins,to remove the excess bitterness.

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan, in low flame.
• Drain the tamarind water from the bitter gourd and add the chilli powder and salt to it and mix well.
• When the oil is hot,add the bitter gourd mixed well with chilli powder and salt.
• Let it become brown.
• Then turn them the other side and cook until both the sides are equally fried and brown in color.
  

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