Butter-soft Eggplant Wedges
Ingredients: • Turmeric – 1½ tbsp • Salt – 1½ tbsp • Water – 3 tbsp • Baby white or purple eggplants – 8-10 (about 1¼ pounds/570g) or 1 medium-sized eggplant (about 1¼ pound/570 g), • Ghee or olive oil for frying. Preparation: 1. Combine the turmeric, salt and water in a bowl. Cut small eggplants in half, or cut larger ones into wedges roughly 2½ inches (6.5 cm) long and 1½ inches (4 cm) wide. Toss the...
Sweet & Sour Dal Soup with Mixed Vegetables
Ingredients • Mixed dried dal – 2 kg • Litres water – 12 – 15 • Minced fresh ginger – 3 tbsp • Hot green chili, chopped, or to taste – 2 tbsp • Bay leaves – 8 • Turmeric – 2 – 3 tbsp • Ghee or oil – 1 cup • Mixed vegetables like pumpkin, potato etc – 2 – 4kg chopped • Salt – 2 – 3 tbsp • Lemon or lime juice – 1.5 cups • Black mustard seeds – 2...
Crunchy Cauliflower Pakoras
Ingredients: • Besan – 3 cup • Ground cumin – 1 tbsp • Ground coriander – 1 tbsp • Ground black pepper – 1 tbsp • Hing – 3/4 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tbsp • Salt – 1 tbsp • Water • Ghee for deep frying • Cauliflower, chopped in nugget-sized flowerettes Preparation: 1. Chop the cauliflower into nuggets for coating with batter. 2. Combine all dry ingredients. 3. Add water to make a semi thick batter...
Zucchini Pakora with Crushed Peanuts
Ingredients: • Sifted chickpea flour (sifted before measuring) – 1½ cups (135g) • Melted ghee or vegetable oil – 1½ tsp • Lemon juice – 1 tbsp (15 ml) • Crushed cumin seeds – 1 tsp • Hot green chilies, seeded and minced – 1-2 • Salt – 1 tsp • Cold water or enough to make a medium-consistency batter – Up to 9 tbsp • Baking powder – ¼ tsp • Finely chopped peanuts – 3 tbsp...
Cubed Potatoes with Fresh Fenugreek
Ingredients: • Medium-sized waxy red, New potatoes or walnut-sized baby reds – 1½ pounds (685g) • Mustard oil, peanut oil or ghee – 5 tbsp • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Chopped fenugreek greens or leaf spinach, (washed and trimmed) – 1½ cups • Paprika or cayenne pepper – ¼ tsp • Turmeric – ½ tsp • Salt – 1 tsp • Garam masala – 1 tsp • Lemon or lime juice...