Noodle-crusted Eggplant Side Dish

Along with the Korean barbecue and the mung bean sprouts side dish that was served the other night, an eggplant side dish was also cooked so that the eggplants would not be left unused in the fridge to rot. Our house helper seems to hate eggplants, and for months I have watched kilos of the vegetable going to either the trash, or the compost pit in our small garden. My sister is some sort of an

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Stir Fried Togue Recipe (Mung Bean Sprouts)

When I tried to make togue, or internationally known as mung bean sprouts, a few days ago, I was planning on using it for our bento lunch box together with the planned Mongolian chicken. Hopefully everything will indeed go as planned, because it is quite hard for me to come up with impromptu recipes to cook for our baon. Anyway, the togue was used as a side dish earlier than expected because of

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Cottage Cheese Stuffed Tomato Fritter

This is a tomato fritter stuffed with cottage cheese (paneer) and green peas.It may look complicated to prepare but believe me it is very easy to prepare and very tasty too. Hope you all will enjoy it.

Ingredients:

6 fresh medium tomatos

Oil to fry

For Batter:

2 cups gram flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp chilli powder

salt to taste

For Stuffing:

1 cup grated cottage cheese (paneer)

1 and 1/2 cup coarsely grinded peas

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 green chilli finely chopped

salt to taste

Cooking Procedure:

Mix all the ingredients of batter with water into a semi-thick paste

Take the tomatos and slice the top portion and scoop out the pulp

Mix all the ingredients of stuffing and fill the tomatos, close with the sliced top.

Heat oil in a deep fry pan and once its hot.

Take the stuffed tomatos and dip in batter and slowly place them in oil, do not drop them it as tomato may open up.

Using the spatula put oil of top of tomato ( if oil level happens to be half the height of tomato )

Slowly roll it over and let fry till golden brown.

Take it out of the pan and slowly cut it into half.

Serve it semi-hot with a topping of chopped onions and lemon juice.

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