Cooker Kathirikai (eggplant/brinjal) Gosthu

 Ingredients:-

Brinjal Big - 1 no.

Onion - 2 nos.

Tomato - 2 nos. 

Green Chillies - 2/1 

Tamarind paste - 2/3 (according to taste)

Curry Leaves - few

Asafoetida powder- 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Sesame Oil - 3 tsp

Jaggery - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Chop Onions, tomatoes and Brinjal.  Split the green chillies.  In a cooker add oil and mustard seeds.  When the mustard seeds crackle completely add chopped onions and green chillies.  Saute till the onion become transluscent.  Now add chopped brinjal, tomatoes, tamarind paste, turmeric powder asafoetida powder, jaggery and salt.  Then add 1 1/2 cups of water to the cooker and close it and let it to whistle 4 times and switch off the stove.   After the pressure released, open the cooker, check for the taste and add salt if needed.   Enjoy this gosthu with hot Pongal.