Saturday's lunch is always a short-cut for me.
@aninditasen (18198)
Raurkela, India
August 6, 2022 8:44am CST
My elder son was leaving today for his workplace in another city(Kolkata) by 10 in the morning. Morning was with heavy breakfast- aloo paratha and fruit juice, so I had to make lunch only for me. So I made the Indian baigan(brinjal) bharta made of boiled brinjal fried with onions and green chilly. Baked casserole is effortless so I made baked pointed gourd casserole stuffed with the stuffing of aloo paratha. I didn't use cheese or cottage cheese this time but it tasted fine.
Dal was already there in the fridge which I had to only warm. I just had to cook some rice. I didn't take an hour to get the lunch ready.
Dinner would be our Indian roti with some boiled potatoes garnished with raw onions and chat masala.
Photo taken by me before lunch.
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@luisga814 (7138)
• Quezon City, Philippines
6 Aug 22
That's a cool one. I've seen chilly, so, it means that's spicy lunch.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
7 Aug 22
I have used green chllies in the baigan bharta.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
8 Aug 22
@luisga814 Thank you. Do you like adding green chillies to some dishes?
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@luisga814 (7138)
• Quezon City, Philippines
7 Aug 22
@aninditasen Great to know that.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
15 Aug 22
I'm not familiar with Indian foods. What is aloo paratha?
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
16 Aug 22
It is smashed potatoes with spices stuffed in a dough and then rolled and shallow fried.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
16 Aug 22
@aninditasen That's how it's done and cooked. Thanks.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
6 Aug 22
My mouth is watering looking at your lunch most excellent Anindita
I am not cooking much today.
I am not cooking much today.1 person likes this
@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
7 Aug 22
I too cooked only baigan bharta and baked the casserole. Rice was just steamed and dal was there in the fridge.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
7 Aug 22
Hope you had a satisfying lunch.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
7 Aug 22
Baked casserole is not heavy as very little oil is used. Dal is a protein and I take a small amount of rice in the afternoon.
@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
7 Aug 22
@aninditasen I shall look them up online and I have a fair collection of cookbooks to look into!
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
7 Aug 22
@Ronrybs I hope you get the exact recipe.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
7 Aug 22
Which are the ingredients that you didn't recognize? Dishes when cooked some of the ingredients get hidden.
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