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I learnt this sambar for idli from my MIL. We call this as “Thakkali gosthu/Tomato gotsu”. Many of you would have heard about Chidambaram Brinjal gosthu. This one is made with onion and tomato, prepared in Thanjavur/Tanjore style.Usually gotsu is served as a side dish for Pongal. But we make this gotsu very often in our kitchen mainly as a side dish for Idli. Its a very easy to make one pot sambar recipe.Ideal recipe for bachelors and working women to make it for breakfast. Its watery texture is the highlight for this sambar. Do try it once. You will love its simplicity.Lets see how to make this easy and quick sambar for idli dosa.
Check out my Chidambaram Brinjal gotsu too.
Tomato Gosthu Recipe
Thanjavur style Thakkali Gosthu
Cuisine: South Indian
Category: Sambar
Serves: Serves 2
Prep time: 5 Minutes
Cook time: 15 Minutes
Total time: 20 Minutes
- Tomato – 2 nos (Finely chopped)
- Big onion – 1 no (Finely chopped)
- Moong dal – 1 tbsp
- Green chilly – 2-3 nos (Slit cut) I used 1 green chilli, 1 red chilli
- Curry leaves – a sprig
- Idly/Dosa batter – 1 tbsp
- Salt & water – as needed.
To temper
- Mustard – 1 /2 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 tsp
- Jeera/Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
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METHOD
- Heat a pressure cooker with oil and splutter mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves.
- Add finely chopped onion and slitted green chillies. Saute until transparent. Then add tomato pieces and saute till it becomes mushy.
- Now add the tomato and saute well.Its not necessary it should turn mushy.(While eating this gosthu,u’ll have pieces of tomato )
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- Add moong dal,salt and required water.Pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.
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- Open the cooker and add a tbsp of idli/dosa batter and mix it well.As it is watery onion,tomato,dal,chilly will be separate.So adding this batter gives a thickness & togetherness to this gosthu. If u want,u can replace idly batter with besan flour. But that gives a different taste.
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Actually in Tanjore, the same gosthu is also made with finely chopped brinjals. Instead of tomato, they add tamarind pulp.But we make this gosthu mostly with tomato and very rarely with brinjal becoz my husband doesn’t like brinjal.So if u like brinjal, u can follow the same method and make brinjal gosthu.It tastes excellent. I have made a post for this HERE.Please check it for variation.
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Enjoy this easy, one pot gostu with hot idli ! I love it with dosa too
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