Smoked Aubergine tomato thokku

This is something i have to share from my experience.I know someone who for some mundane reason hates brinjal or anything that remotely resembles it. It was indeed a challenge to make this person eat it. Oh my God!! Happened to make this Smoked Aubergine tomato thokku, and yeah it left the person craving for more..this is one simply amazingly yummy thokku that can be even refrigerated for future use.



Ingredients:

Aubergine or egg plant - 1 (should not feel hard)
Tomato - 2
Sambar powder - 11/2 tsp
Kashmiri chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Salt
Gingelly oil (preferably) or cooking oil.

For seasoning

Red chillies
Mustard


Method

The first step is to cook the eggplant on a low flame. Take the egg plant, turn on the flame an gently turn it every now and then until the flesh inside gets cooked and becomes soft. Now peel the burnt exterior of the eggplant and mash the cooked flesh of the eggplant. Chop tomatoes.

Take a tawa. Add oil. Once hot toss in the mustard seeds and wait till it splutters. Then add the tomatoes. Saute it for a minute or two. In goes the mashed egg plant. Mix well. Then add the spice powders one by one followed by required amount of salt. Add oil and mix well. Let it cook in low flame. You can wait until you see oil oozing out from the sides. Switch off.

This goes well with idli, dosa, green gram dosa, Or you can simply lap it up with hot steaming rice!