HOW TO MAKE Kalyana Gothsu / Gotsu / Gosthu

In many south indian marriages you could definitely taste a very unique side dish called "Kalyana Gothsu" which is generally served with idli,dosa and pongal varieties. My mom made this side dish for idli and it was very good. Just for a change, try to make this dish instead of idli sambar. Process is simpler and faster too...If you like this recipe, all the credits go to my mom.

Ingredients

Brinjal - 2 Medium

Carrot - 1 Small

Onion - 2 Small Size

Potato - 2 Medium

Green Chilli - 1 Big

Tomato - 1

Moong Dhal / Payatham Paruppu / Pesara Pappu - 3/4 Cup

Channa Dhal / Kadalai Paruppu / Senaga Pappu - 2 tbsp

Sambar Powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

Salt - To Taste

Tamarind Juice - 3 tbsp ( Thick Juice)

Kadalai Maavu / Besam Flour - 2 tsp

For tempering

Olive Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Curry Leaves - 1 stem

Method

1. Soak both the dals together in one vessel for 5 minutes.
2. Wash and cut all the vegetables into small cubes and keep it ready.
3. In a small pressure pan or small pressure cooker, transfer the vegetables, green chilli,soaked dals into it.
4. Add turmeric powder, sambar powder, little salt and add enough water for the contents to get cooked.
5. Close the cooker and allow the contents to get cooked and switch off the cooker after 2 whistles.
6. After its cooled down, open the cooker and slightly mash the veggies and dals.
7. Add the tamarind juice extract into it first.
8. Add 2 tsp of besan flour / kadalai Maavu into a small cup and add little water and make a watery paste.
9. Add this watery besan paste and required amount of salt and water to the pressure cooker.
10. Allow the contents to be on medium flame for few minutes.
11. Meantime, finish the tempering process and pour them over the pressure cooker.
12. Now the Gothsu is totally ready to eat with idli, pongal or dosa varieties.

Tips

Try to add enough water along with tamarind extract and cook. Otherwise, it will look like a thick kootu. If its little watery, it would go well with the south indian tiffin.

Roti \ Chappati Roll with Veggie Paneer Fry

Hi Friends....after a long break. !!!!! Summer vacation got over in homeland and back home.  Have so many traditional recipes in store to post...So you will be seeing those slowly in our blog this month.. Well, cooking has slowly started  at home here and made a quick chappathi \ roti roll for us on a lazy Friday night. It was delicious, filling, tastier with a side of greek yogurt cup. This time, I used the ready made chappathis available at our local Indian store

Lots of  home grown tomatoes, zucchinis, squash were given to us by our kind neighbours. To make use of those ones with some extra veggies and paneer , I decided to make this easier roll..

You can add any vegetables of your choice to this simple fry...With some mild seasoning, this veggie paneer fry is definitely a kids choice..for any time of the day.

Ingredients

Chappathi \ Roti -  Few

Olive Oil - 2 tbsp

Turmeric Powder - 2 teaspoon

Jeera ( Cumin) - 2 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 1\2 tbsp

Red Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon

Salt - To Taste

Sugar - a small pinch

Coriander Leaves  -  1 Handful

Vegetables

Tomato - 1

Potato - 1

Beans - 8 or 10 big ones

Carrot - 1 medium

Peas  - 1 Handful

Cauliflower -  12 small florets

White Onion - 1 Medium

Capsicum - 1\2  medium

Zucchini - 1 medium

Paneer Cubes - 15 to 20 medium cubes.

Procedure

1. Wash all the vegetables thoroughly and cut them into medium cubes and keep aside. Cut the panner into medium cubes and keep them ready.
2. On medium heat, add olive oil into the thick bottomed kadai. When oil gets heated up, add jeera first. When it sputters, then add onions, capsicum one by one and shallow fry them. Add turmeric powder and a pinch of sugar and little salt for them to cook quickly.
3. Slowly add all other veggies into the kadai and stir them nicely. Sprinkle some water and let them cook on low flame for few minutes.
4. After its cooked to a desired level, open the lid and all other seasoning powders to the kadai. Add required amount of salt to the mixture and stir the veggie mix thoroughly.
5. Add the paneer cubes into the kadai now and stir carefully without breaking the paneer cubes.
6. Keep the lid open and let the veggie paneer mix coated with the seasoned powders get fried on medium flame for few minutes.
7. Occasionally stir the contents so that they get fried uniformly.
8. After its done, switch off the flame. Garnish the dish with the crushed coriander leaves..Now the veggie paneer mix is ready.

9. Make a hot chappathi \ roti and keep 3-4 tbsp of the veggie paneer dish into the center of the chappathi, roll it perfectly and serve with a side of greek yogurt. A complete healthy meal is done very quickly with less efforts.

Variations

You can add any vegetables of your choice but not watery ones as they might spoil the fry.

Tips

Don't fry the paneer separately.  Add them to the veggie mix and coat them with the seasoning. Let the paneer get fried along with the veggies in the kadai itself.