gulla bolu koddel recipe | gulla bolu huli | eggplant sambar
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 3 mattu gulla / green brinjal (small -7)
- 1 cup cooked toor daal
- 2 - 3 tbsp udupi sambar powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- few curry leaves
- grape size tamarind
- 1 tsp jaggery
- salt to taste
- 2-3 strands of coriander leaves
Method
- cube the brinjal / eggplant / gulla into big pieces and keep immersed in water.
- extract thick juice from tamarind and keep ready.
- cook the eggplant / gulla pieces in 1 cup of water with jaggery, green chilies (optional), curry leaves, turmeric, tamarind juice and salt. cover and cook till they loose its green colour and turn pale.
- when the eggplant / gulla pieces are cooked, add cooked - smashed dal and stir well.
- now add udupi sambar powder and coconut oil.
- now cook for atleast 2-3 minutes. till it starts to boil.
- add coriander leaves and serve with hot steamed rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.