Crispy diced Eggplant with Bitter Neem Leaves
The ingredients for this dish are mentioned in the chaitanya Charitamrita, a fifteenth-century Bengali text describing the pastimes and activities of Sri Chaitanya Maha Prabhu. The author describes a feast prepared in honor of the great saint: “Among the various vegetables offered were newly-grown leaves of nimba (neem) trees fried with eggplant”. Bitter-tasting vegetable dishes are popular in Bengal....
Curried Greens and Eggplant
The “heat” in this sak should be noticeable. Fresh green chilies, though unpredictable in strength, are usually milder than dried red chilies. If you are very sensitive to chilies, try fresh Anaheims or yellow wax. To be authentic, this dish should be a bit hot and spicy. Bengalis sauté the greens quickly over high heat, allowing them to wilt, then soften, but still retain exuberant color and fresh flavor....
Savory Chickpeas in tangy tomato Glaze
Soaking time: 8 hours or overnight Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Cooking time: 2-3 hours or 30-40 minutes in a pressure cooker Ingredients • Dried chickpeas – 1 ¼ cups (235 g) • Water (4 cups/1 liter if pressure-cooked) – 5 ½ cups (1.3 liters) • Ghee or peanut oil – 5 tablespoons (75 ml) • Scraped, minced...
Tomato, Potato, Zucchini Stew
Ingredients . 4-6 potatoes (more if medium sized, less if big) cut into 1 inch pieces . 1 large zucchini cut into half inch thick pieces. If the zuke is big in diameter you can cut those large rounds in half, to make half-rounds. . 4-5 good-sized whole tomatoes, nice and ripe cut in quarters . (if they aren’t real ripe when you buy them, let them sit outside the refrigerator for a couple days until they are...
Quick and Easy Tofu Stir Fry
This is a fast stir fry to prepare, but really delicious. You could add other ingredients like edamame, baby corn, Bamboo shoots, etc. But this is quick and the baby bok choy and tofu are the primary ingredients. Serve with brown rice or chinese noodles, and a little sweet and sour sauce. Serves 4 Ingredients . 8 little heads of fresh baby bok choy . 1 pkg soy cutlets (or one pkg. extra firm tofu—try to...