Brinjal Pulippu Kootu

Pulippu kootu is an authentic Tam-Brahm Recipe . It is made on auspicious occasions and not only this kootu tastes good as a main dish but also goes well as a side dish. It is quick, easy to make and yummy to eat. Now here goes the recipe:

Cooking time : 15 min

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Brinjal	4 small
Tamarind	Small Gooseberry size
Salt	As needed
Channa dal	1/8 cup
Mustard seeds	1 tsp
Water	1 cup
Turmeric	¼ tsp

To grind:

Channa dal	1 tsp
Urad dal	1 tsp
Red Chilly	2
Hing	1/4 tsp or 1 small piece
Oil	½ tsp

Method:

• Wash the brinjal, Chop into byte size pieces and keep immersed in water until use. Extract tamarind water (about 1 cup) from gooseberry size tamarind.
• Pressure cook channa dal in ½ cup water for about 5 whistles. Once pressure subsides mash it well with a ladle.

• Heat a pain, add oil and roast the ingredients mentioned under “to grind”until golden brown. After cooling down, grind to a smooth paste by adding little water.

• Heat a kadai, add oil and mustard seeds. Let it crackle. Now add chopped brinjal and fry for a minute.

• Add tamarind water and allow it to boil for about 3-4 minutes. Now add the cooked dal, salt and allow the brinjal to get cooked completely.

• Finally add the ground paste and boil in low flame for three minutes and switch off. Serve with hot rice.

Notes:

• You can use Chow chow (chayote)or white pumpkin(winter melon) instead of brinjal.
• If using solid hing(ketti perungayam), fry while roasting the other ingredients and grind.