Bharela Ringan Tuvar Sabzi (Eggplant and Tuvar Sabzi)

Bharela Ringan and Tuvar Shaak (Sabzi) is one of my mom's specialities. Not everyone in Gujarat is aware of this delicious dish. Simply mouth watering.









Cooking Time:

Serves 4-6
Ingredients
Indian Eggplant 7-8 (as shown above)
1 pack frozen toovar*(pigeon peas)(don't get the one in the transparent bags
from the indian store)
1/2-3/4 cup of peanuts(grinded)
2 table spoon besan (gram flour)
4-5 tablespoon dhana jeeru
3-4 teaspoon red chili powder
2 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 teaspoon garlic masala
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon jeera
pinch of asafoetida
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Now to start cooking your delicious bharela eggplant
Make the masala
mix gram flour, 2 tablespoon dhana/jeeru, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 2 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon oil, salt to taste(about 1 teaspoon), 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Now mix this well. Keep aside

Take the eggplant remove the top green part and then slice it 4 ways but not completely so it opens but doesn't fall apart. Now slowly stuff the masala that you made in the gap. Get all the eggplant ready repeating the same steps.

Now take a pressure cooker add 2 teaspoon oil, let the oil heat and then add jeera once the jeera is heated and light brown add the asafoetida,turmeric powder, chili powder and immediately add the toovar. Then add garlic, dhana jeera, garam masala, and a little more than 1/2 cup of water and put the eggplant in the cooker.
Put the remaining masala (left from the eggplant stuffing) in it as well. Add salt to taste.

Let it cook for two whistles or until the eggplant is tender and cooked.
Let the pressure cooker cool.
After opening you can cook it for a couple of minutes. garnish with coriander!
Serve with rice or roti/parathas. It is delicious.

It will look similar to this but will have the toovar (pigeon peas too) and not as read. Next time I make it, I'll definitely put an image of my version.

Okra Sabzi (Bhindi)

My husband's favorite vegetable dish!

Cooking time about 30 minutes
Serves: 4 (who are okra lovers)

2-3 lbs of cut okra (fresh or frozen)
1-2 table spoon oil
2-3 onions medium size chopped
pinch asafoetida
4 table spoon of dhana-jeeru (cumin/coriander) powder
3-4 tea spoon red chili powder
Salt to taste (about 2-3 teaspoon)
1 tea spoon turmeric powder


Take oil in a non stick pan after it is hot add the asafoetida, 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder. Now add the onions fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the chopped okra. Let it cook for atleast 15 minutes. Now add salt and all the other spices. Let it cook for another 15 minutes or until the tenderness of the okra is to your taste. (My thoughts are the more it cooks the better it tastes ofcourse not burnt!) Stir every 5 minutes. But don't stir too much otherwise it will become sticky/slimy.

Note: Never add water to okra sabzi

Serve with Wheat Rotlis or Chapatis or Parathas.

Yogurt on the side tastes great with this dish.

You could use the leftovers for making bhindi-curry
Make some kadhi and mix it with the bhindi you can skip the curry leaves in that.

Enjoy!

Stir Fry Veggies with my own sauce!

If you're craving for something healthy, spicy, delicious then try this!

Cooking time: 20 -30 minutes
Serves about 6-8
Ingredients
2-3 tablespoon Oil
2-3 table spoon Red chili sauce (per taste)
2 table spoon Ginger
2 table spoon Garlic
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 table spoon Tomato puree
1 tablespoon Corn flour
2-3 tablespoon of roasted peanutes
3 table spn Soy Sauce

Veggies you can use of your choice.
About 6 cups of veggies
I used Onions, Green Pepper, Carrots, Red Pepper, Mushrooms, Snap Peas, Chestnut, Baby Corn (Some of it fresh and some I got the frozen stir fry vegetable medley)

Extra firm Tofu

Take oil in a wok or a deep nonstick pan after the oil heats add Ginger, Garlic let it cook for about 2-3 minutes then add onions, let that cook for a 2 minutes then add the tomato puree and all the other veggies and the chilli sauce. Let it cook for about 5 minutes or until tender. Add soy sauce. Right before serving mix the cornflour with 3 tablespoon or more water depending on how much grave you want.Same time add the peanuts

On the side take a pan and pan fry the tofu. Add the tofu to the vegetable mix.

Serve it with brown rice. It is absolutely delicious