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Home » ACCOMPANIMENTS » Easy pongal gotsu recipe | Side dish for pongal

Easy pongal gotsu recipe | Side dish for pongal

April 29, 2014 by Raks Anand 37 Comments /

easy pongal gotsu
I have a brinjal gosthu recipe which uses a powder that has to be added to it. My MIL’s chidambaram brinjal gosthu recipe. Since no one likes brinjal in our family, my MIL grinds the brinjal coarsely and makes that gosthu. The speciality is that roast ground powder and I cant match her gosthu’s taste even now. She makes the consistency and taste perfectly. Even the brinjal haters of our family eats that. She makes it for idli only. My mom’s side gosthu-s are so simple and easy, yet its a kind of tasty. She makes it with ease. No grinding part, no tamarind. And there are quite a few variations in it. This is one my mom makes with only brinjal for pongal as pongal gotsu. But when I came to Singapore, once my sister in law here made this one which is very similar to moms with potato and carrot. So now a days I make a this for pongal. You might have seen this in my pongal post with potato and carrot alone and this post in my breakfast menu. I got few message and mails if I had posted it or not. I think even after this, I cant delay posting this one. Though its simple and easy to make, it tastes perfect for pongal and even idli dosas.
pongal-gotsu-recipe

And before going to the recipe, I have an exciting news to share. My recipes have been published as a supplementary book in the popular Kungumam THOZHI tamil magazine😎. I spent a quality time in this and took it serious and made it possible to send it very short period of time😲. Though I may not share all the recipes, I will sure share few interesting recipes from this collection, so stay tuned!!
kungumam thozhi

Pongal gotsu recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 20 mins    |  Serves: 4

Ingredients

Brinjal, small – 3


Potato – 1


Carrot, small – 1


Onion – 1


Moong dal / paasi paruppu – 1/2 cup leveled


green chilli – 4


Turmeric (optional) – 1/4 tsp


Coconut oil – 2 tsp


Salt – As needed


Coriander leaves, chopped – 2 tblsp


To temper

Oil – 2 tsp


Mustard – 3/4 tsp


Urad dal – 2 tsp


Jeera/ cumin seeds – 1 tsp


Curry leaves – 1 sprig


Method

  1. Pressure cook dal for 3 whistles with enough water. We usually do not mash the dal for this gotsu, if you want you can. But my mom says we should cook without mashing it for a nice texture and flavor. Meanwhile, chop finely onion and other veggies. Carrot very fine, potato chop finely and brinjal can be little bigger comparatively.
  2. step 1 pongal gotsu recipe 

  3. Heat a kadai with oil and temper with the items given under to temper table. Add onion, green chillies and fry till transparent.
  4. step 2 pongal gotsu recipe 

  5. Add the chopped veggies and add little salt. Cook in medium flame for 2 minutes.
  6. step 3 pongal gotsu recipe

  7. Add dal, 2 to 2 & 1/2 cups of water, turmeric if adding and required salt and bring to boil.
  8. step 4 pongal gotsu recipe 

  9. Simmer for 4-5 minutes or until the deisred consistency is reached. More or less a sambar consistency. My mom makes it watery too. Garish with the coriander leaves, coconut oil and switch off the stove.
  10. step 5 pongal gotsu recipe

     

Notes

    • You can make this with brinjal alone or with potato and carrot alone too.
    • You can add a tblsp of idli dosa batter towards the end to make the gravy thicker and it adds a nice taste too.
    • You can top with sesame oil and eat.
    • You can add a tomato in the same recipe along with the veggies.
    • Some moong dal give so much volume after cooking, so use lesser when its a bigger variety. Mine is very tiny grown in our relatives fields and cooks at no time. Gives less volume though.

Serve with idli, dosa or pongal the best. Easy and yummy gotsu for your main dish!

easy-pongal-gotsu

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Comments

  1. Hema Sasidharan

    April 29, 2014 at 11:22 am

    This looks somewhat like Kumbakonam Kadappa !

    Reply
  2. Jency Vinodh

    April 29, 2014 at 11:52 am

    I opened ur blog to c for dis kosthu only….surprisingly u posted…congrats dear.for d recipe in magazine…keep rocking

    Reply
  3. pavi

    April 29, 2014 at 12:14 pm

    Hi Raji,
    Nice recipe.i visit your blog regularly but this is the first time i comment. Believe it or not, your blog is the first one i see everyday after i wake up. Even before i get up from my bed, i first check your posts in my mobile.i absolutely love all your recipes and wonder your dedication. I will be very eager to know what recipe you might have posted today while the site is loading.
    🙂
    There is not even a single day i havent talked about your recipes to my mom and husband. 🙂
    My hearty wishes for your publication. Hope to see more in future. May god bless you and your family. 🙂

    Thanks,
    Pavithra

    Reply
  4. Veena Theagarajan

    April 29, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    so yumm! Gostu.. nice recipe.. Congrats for your publication

    Reply
  5. GEETHA ACHAL

    April 29, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    Congrats Raji….Thats so wonderful…Eagerly waiting for those recipes published….

    Reply
  6. AparnaRajeshkumar

    April 29, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    congrats raks.. orey kalakals.. and gosthu looks fabulous.. keep rocking raks

    Reply
  7. Arjunan Akilandeswari

    April 29, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    congrats raji… and gotsu looks great…

    Reply
  8. Mahi

    April 29, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    வாழ்த்துக்கள்! 🙂

    Reply
  9. Subha kumar

    April 30, 2014 at 12:10 am

    Congrats Raji. Happy for you.

    Reply
  10. Durga Karthik.

    April 30, 2014 at 1:43 am

    Congrats Raks. You deserve it and do include Singapore in all your work to show our Indian spirit .

    Reply
  11. விஜி

    April 30, 2014 at 3:25 am

    congrats raji, and you deserve it. keep going 🙂

    Reply
  12. Sindhujabalaji

    April 30, 2014 at 3:36 am

    Congratz raji….ill try to buy ts book…wanna read ur recipes in tat book..

    Reply
  13. baraniashok

    April 30, 2014 at 6:21 am

    Eppo dal add pannanum???

    Reply
  14. Dipti Joshi

    April 30, 2014 at 6:35 am

    I like this easy recipe with so many vegetables.

    Reply
  15. esther

    April 30, 2014 at 7:38 am

    Congrats…. keep rocking…

    Reply
  16. Manjula Ramalingam

    April 30, 2014 at 7:40 am

    Hi Raji,

    Feeling so happy for you… hearty congratulations!!!! Keep up the good work

    Reply
  17. Kaveri Venkatesh

    April 30, 2014 at 8:09 am

    Congratulations Raji..waiting to see some of the recipes on your space.
    Gothsu looks delicious

    Reply
  18. jeyashri suresh

    April 30, 2014 at 8:13 am

    wow super tempting gothsu. We call this as kalyana gothsu. Nice clicks and hearty congratulations on the your milestone. Great work. Looking forward to see the recipes

    Reply
  19. Raks anand

    April 30, 2014 at 9:29 am

    Thank you for your nice words Pavithra 🙂

    Reply
  20. Raks anand

    April 30, 2014 at 9:29 am

    Thank you all 🙂

    Reply
  21. Kuttu

    April 30, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    Congrats on the publication Raks! Now your recipes can also reach older people (like my mom and aunts) who do not use the web, but know about your recipes through me! Best of Luck! 🙂

    Reply
  22. Sathya Priya

    April 30, 2014 at 1:43 pm

    Hearty congratulations on publication of your recipes .Its such a honor right .Whoever preparation it is ur moms or mother-in -laws we love the outcome…Kosthu with pongal such a very good combo raji ..Colorful kosthu .

    Reply
  23. Anu s kitchendelights

    May 1, 2014 at 5:31 am

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  24. Anu s kitchendelights

    May 1, 2014 at 5:32 am

    Yummy gotsu recipe…Hearty congrats Raji..and keep rocking.

    Reply
  25. chellam

    May 3, 2014 at 4:26 am

    Congrats Rajeshwari, good job yaar!

    Reply
  26. Kurinji

    May 5, 2014 at 1:35 am

    congrats raks….

    Reply
  27. SHARMILEE J

    May 8, 2014 at 12:02 am

    Sounds like a nice sidedish for pongal…looks great

    Reply
  28. Julie Chander

    May 12, 2014 at 4:11 am

    I tried it today. It came very good.

    Reply
  29. Julie Chander

    May 12, 2014 at 4:11 am

    I tried this one today. It came very good. My family loves it

    Reply
  30. subramanian

    June 12, 2014 at 11:17 am

    Great, I tried this first time today, Just took 15 minutes and it is great with Arisi Uppuma also. SR S

    Reply
  31. R.VENKATARAMAN

    May 30, 2016 at 5:47 am

    when to add green chilli?

    Reply
  32. KA

    June 5, 2016 at 1:07 am

    hi raks, Should we do gotsu only with moong dhal or can we use toor dhal…reason am asking is with ponga also its moong dal n gotsu also moong dal…

    Reply
  33. Raks anand

    June 5, 2016 at 1:13 am

    Yeah, moong dal is flavorful and goes well with pongal 🙂 Makes it double delicious. Toor dal will not be the best choice as the flavor wont be good in this recipe.

    Reply
  34. divyapriyan

    December 13, 2016 at 2:05 pm

    Very simple n yummy dish..goes well with millet pongal

    Reply
  35. krithika

    December 25, 2016 at 12:46 pm

    Hi raks,first of all I am a great fan of your blog.Hats off for your efforts.In this recipe,I think you have not included when to add cooked dal in the instructions,but shown in picture.Please edit it dear.

    Reply
  36. Durga

    December 5, 2020 at 12:31 pm

    This gotsu tasted great with thinai pongal. Its a simple and tasty recipe.

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      December 5, 2020 at 1:53 pm

      Thanks a lot 🙂

      Reply

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