Onion Gotsu recipe – Vengaya Gothsu recipe – South Indian style gotsu recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures and full video
Today I am sharing one of my favorite dishes, made with shallots, from my mom’s kitchen which we enjoyed during our childhood days, with hot idlis and dosas. I still remember my mom keeps on making hot dosa and, my sister and my father used to relish them sitting on the floor in the kitchen and we will feed our mom also in between. When I was typing the title the entire scene came to my mind.
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Onion Gotsu recipe
South Indian style side dish for Idli, dosa and ven pongal
Servings 3
Ingredients
- 1 cup sliced small onions
- 3 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 red chili
- 1/2 tbsp urad dal
- 1/2 tbsp chana dal
- 1 cup thin tamarind extract
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Sambar powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 pinches asafoetida
- 1/4 cup Cooked moong dal
- Water as needed
- Salt as needed
Instructions
- In a pan add 3 tsp oil and add the mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili and chana dal.
- Once the dal turns golden brown, add 1 cup sliced onions. Use small onions for making this gotsu.
- Add little salt and cook the onions till translucent.
- Now add 1 cup of thin tamarind extract, I soaked a small gooseberry sized tamarind in water and extracted the juice.
- Add the turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt and asafoetida to this.
- Mix well and boil this for 5 minutes.
- Now add the cooked moong dal to this.
- Add 1 cup of water to adjust the consistency.
- Mix well and boil this for 3 minutes.
- Add few curry leaves.
- Switch off the flame.
- Onion gotsu is ready to serve.
- Serve with Idli, dosai or Venpongal too.
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Notes
- You can add a tiny piece of jaggery towards the end to balance the taste.
- A small tomato can be added after sauteeing the onions while making the Onion Gotsu | Vengaya kotsu
pictures:
- Peel the skin of the shallots and slice them.
- In a pan add the oil and throw in the mustard seeds, urad dhal, channa dal, red chili, and asfoetida.
- When the mustard splutters and the dhal turns brown add the onions.
- Saute till the onions turn pink.
- Now add the tamarind extract, sambar powder, turmeric powder, and salt.
- Allow it to boil in a low flame for 5 minutes.
- Add the cooked moong dal to this and 1 cup of water. Mix well
- Boil for 3 minutes.Garnish with curry leaves.
.- Serve hot.
Notes:
- You can add a small piece of jaggery in the last, just before switching off.
- Chopped tomato can be added after the onions are cooked.
New recipe to me … Looks delicious and wonderful clicks …
sounds nice..will make this for a potluck next week..
Slurrppppppp..super yum!!
Vijay loves it a lot,he likes whole shallots in it,looks super yum!
Onion gothsu looks yum, love the soft idlis along with them!
Lovely recipe…nice fluffy idlies on d side..looks yummm
Gotshu looks simply delicious. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Yummy recipe..
Just loved that green plate that looks like banana leaf..
Rinku's Kitchen Treats – Kinnathappam Malabar Style
Simple yet yummy looking dish…
Slurp… kekkudhaa? Looks yum and idli looks so soft
Yummy stuff..I make this without any moong dal..
Omg, i want to finish that whole plate, idli and onion gosthu watelse we need..
Looks yum ..and your story is very cute …best days rite 🙂
So tempting!
Love this a lot & planned to make for dinner 2morrow. will let u know 🙂
onion gotsu looks wonderful !! loved ur writeup and well presented !!
Love to try this. Bookmarked it.
Lovely gotsu. I am really imagine the scene that you have narated and can also relate it to my days with mom too 🙂 yummy dish and your pics have become way professional. Looks damn tempting 🙂
Yum, wow, lovely flavors in there. Looks delish 🙂
US Masala
hey jeyshri,
Am making this one on Monday for breakfast with idlis 😛 bookmarked! thanks for the detailed recipe 😛
Gotsu looks delicious! 😛
this looks wonderfully delicious for anytime
Yummy recipe…
looks really yummy……is this onion sambhar????????
This one sounds easy n flavourful…perfect combination with idlis
A mouthwatering & aromatic curry!!!!
Prathima Rao
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Nice recipe…Do visit my new blog whenever time permits..
Regards
Aparna vijay
https://aparnacooks.blogspot.com
Hi, Your recipe says cooked moong dal.. how do i cook it ? 🙂
Hi
U can cook the dal by using pressure cooking method. Or soak it for 30 mins and cook in a pan with enough water till it becomes mushy
That looks so delicious with those idlies!! Lovely pics.. 🙂
Lovely fluffy idlis Jaishree…haven't tried Onion gotu till now will def try this 🙂
Woww. thats yumm 😀
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When we prepare certain recipes, it definitely stirs in nostalgia..That gotsu looks very yum
halo; just a doubt (might sound silly (: } will this go with ven pongal.
sathya rajagopal
DID IT TODAY CAME OUT GOOD WITH DOSA.
Nothing silly:-) it will go very well with pongal. Go ahead
thk u jai.
HI,can you post some side dishes that can be taken during travel for chapathis which will not spoil for 2 or 3 days .Thanks
Hi ,
can you post some recipies and side dishes for chapathis which will not spoil during travel for 3 or 4 days.
can we replace big onions instead of shallots
The main highlight of this recipe is the addition of shallots. Taste will differ if u add big onions. Shallots is recommended
mouthwatering jeyashree