Heat mustard oil, fry some big pieces of eggplants and set aside. Add a bay leaf, red chilli, panch phoran and hing. Add medium big pieces of potato and sweet potato. Sauté, cover and let cook for a few minutes. Add raw plantain and pumpkin pieces, stir, cover and cook. Add egg plant, salt and turmeric, stir, cover and cook. Tir occasionally, and cook until done. Add sugar (optional) and garnish with cilantro.
This one is in memory of one of my best friends' mom....S. used to bring this in her lunchbox and I ate it all up....Today I wanted to make it for my daughter, so I called up S.'s older sister for the recipe..this one's for you, Masi! Chop Bhinda in slices. Heat oil (slightly more, cause it's bhindi). Add mustard seeds, a few methi seeds (rai:methi=4:1), a pinch of hing and turmeric. Add bhinda, stir and cook on a medium flame without covering. Once it's almost cooked, add red chilli powder, dhana-jeeru powder, salt and a bit of sugar to taste. Finish cooking. This recipe transports me right back to that corner house in Kharkar Ali...
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