easy Indian food

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Julie Sahni wrote " Moghul Microwave, " which has many vegetarian dishes which can

be fixed relatively quickly in the microwave. The book is not all vegetarian,

but it's been very helpful in demystifying Indian food for me. I also tend to

read her recipes and then cook the food in a skillet since many of the steps can

be done more easily that way, and I am very fond of my big cast iron pain.

 

There's one dish with sauteed eggplant, tomatoes, chickpeas, onions, and (I use

Madras 3 golden bells curry powder) lots of spices that has become one of my

mainstay dishes. Saute the spices, add oil and eggplant, get the oil hot, cook

the cubes of eggplant and stir a lot until the oil comes back up out of the

eggplant, add the onions and cook until wilted and clear, add the tomatoes, and

simmer while you cook the rice. Add canned chickpeas in their liquid once the

tomatoes have come to the boil.

 

Sue in Saint Louis