Ekadasi recipes

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> My mother wanted me to ask you if you could send me the ones for

> eggplant rolls and tapioca kichri Thanks again :-)!

 

PAMO. AGTSP. AGTSG&G!

 

Sorry for the delay, the last two weeks have been very hectic for me;

Janmastami first, and then getting my daughters ready for school, which

starts next monday. Anyway, here I am with some recipes.

 

EGGPLANT ROLLS

You need:

One big eggplant (of the long purple kind)

One gallon of milk

spices

olive oil

crushed tomato (tomato sauce)

 

Make panir from the milk, let it drain without pressing. You should have the

consistency of ricotta cheese: no too wet, no too dry.

While the panir is draining, cut slices (about 1/2 cm thick) of the eggplant

by its lenght.

Pour some olive oil in a pan (just enough to pan fry, not deep fry), and fry

the eggplant slices in olive oil. One side first, then the other, until

tender and golden, salt sligtly on top. Spice the panir with some black

pepper and salt (if you like you could add tumeric, I like the cheese to

remain white).

Take a small amout of panir and place it on the eggplant slice, roll the

eggplant around the panir from the short side. As you make the rolls place

them in a oven proof pan. Now open the can of crushed tomatoes (or crush

your own fresh ones). You have to have enough to cover all the eggplant in

the pan. Add basil leaves (dry or fresh), a little origano, if you like it,

salt, some chilli pepper if you like hot. Pour the spiced tomato sauce over

the eggplants, not too much but to cover all of them. Cook in oven for about

30 minutes at 400F... and that's it!

 

Just in case you're wondering... no, the tomato sauce is not cooked before

you put it on the eggplant, it will have enough time to cook in the oven.

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Tapioca kichri is very easy. Soak the tapioca pearls for about one hour

(some people soak only 30 minutes, I prefer one hour). In the main time boil

some potatoes. Deep fry some peanuts in sunflower oil. When the potatoes are

tender cut them in small cubes add the softened tapioca pearls, add the

fried peanuts, some fresh coriander leaves, tumeric, chilli powder, black

pepper (and whatever spice you like).

This mixture is also the base for Tapioca-potato patties, which are shallow

fried in a pan, one side at the time.

Or can be turned into balls, deep fried and served with some nice chutney.

Another kichri version is to shredd the potatoes and deep fry them. Then add

the rest of the ingredients, this is more like a snack.

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I forgot to mention in my list........

POTATO PIZZA

You need some potatoes, fresh tomatoes, black olives, origano, olive oil,

salt, mozzarella, or any other, cheese.

Boil about 10/15 potatoes with the skin. Remove the skin when tender. Mash

the potatoes. Add some salt, a little tumeric. Sligtly grease a pizza pan

with some olive oil and spread the mashed potatoes. Cook in oven at 450F

until it forms a light golden crust on top. While the potatoes are in the

oven slice the fresh tomatoes kind of thin. Pull the potatoes out of the

oven, arrange the tomato slices on top to cover the whole pan, add black

olives (if you like), origano, salt on top of the tomatoes, sprinkle some

olive oil . Put it back in the oven and let it cook another 10 to 15

minutes, untill tomatoes have wilted. Add mozzarella cheese (or any cheese

you like), let it melt a couple of minutes, and you have a Potato-pizza!

 

It is important that the potatoes form the crust on top, otherwise when you

put the tomatoes on top it becames very slimy.

 

I hope you like these recipes. Let me know when you try them.

 

HARIBOL,

 

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gl dd