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Baingan means Brinjal / Eggplant / Aubergine and Bharta means Mashed. Baingan Bharta (Mashed Eggplant ) is a punjabi dish, prepared in unique way. Roasting in clay oven is the secret to make this dish to get that special aroma.
Baigan Bharta / Baigan ka Bharta /Baingan ka Bhartha / Mashed eggplant / Baigan Bhurta
American style appetizer made with spicy Jalapeno peppers.
Mohanthal is a popular Gujarathi sweet made with Besan(Gram flour). Many call it Besan burfi, only professional La las(sweet makers) call it by that name. This burfi is made during special occasions and festivals.
Swiss Chard also known as silver beet is a leafy vegetable tastes similar to Spinach. My local farmers market use to over flow with these and everytime I use to hesitate to pick a bunch, just for the fear of not knowning how to incorporate this in our Indian cooking. But now, after little exploration, found a way to include this in our meal. I have used green gram to make this lentil curry and to my surprise, it turned good.
This is a kind of chettinadu dish which is the substitute for our Rasam, this dish is mainly made with kalani thanni.
Aviyal is one of the kerala dish…and here you go
Ingredients:
Vegetables – drumstick – 10 pieces (if frozen), brinjol – 2 nos, Raw banana (vaalakai) – 1 no, carrot – 1 no, beans – 6 nos, suran(seenai kilangu) – 10 small cut pieces, raw-mango – 2 small pieces
Green chillies (crushed) – 7-8
grinded coconut – 1/2 mudi (grinded with 1 tbsp of cumin seeds)
coconut oil – 3 tblspn
Fresh curd – 1 tblspn
Ingredients:
* Finely chopped Cabbage 1/2
* Grated carrot 2
* Noodles 1 cup
* Soya sauce 1 tbsp
One of my favorite breakfast item is Semiya upma. This filling tasty dish is often served with podi or pickle topped with some ghee. There are different types of Semiya (Vermicelli) upma, some with combination of vegetables and some even with use of meat. Here is a simple version from my kitchen, for beginners to try.
| Ingredients |
| Serves 4 |
| 2 medium sized Onions |
| 1 inch piece Ginger |
| 1 tbsp White sesame seeds |
| 1/4 Coconut (scraped) |
| 1 tbsp Tamarind pulp |
| 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder |
| Salt to taste |
| 4 cloves Garlic |
| Fresh coriander leaves a few sprigs |
| 1 tbsp Coriander seeds |
| 3-4 Red chillies whole |
| 6 medium sized Potatoes |
| 2 tbsps Oil |
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2 medium sized Tomatoes south indian dish |
