There are some days where I just feel lazy to cook (and they are few and far in between), but am craving something spicy that cheers up my mood. At these times, I resort to baked dishes that do not require a lot of time or work on my part, yet do the trick of uplifting the mood.
Most of the time, not only are they easy to make, they also can be added as a side-kick to the main dish when we have a lot of people over for dinner. I usually make this dish with eggplant & potato. But this preparation can be made using different variations like adding okra, onions, eggplants, potatoes or garlic. This time I am using eggplant, potato and okra.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 3-4 people
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup ground peanuts
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilly powder (check the note)
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon Amchur powder (or lemon juice)
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 3 small eggplants
- 5-7 sticks of Okra
- 1 medium size potato
- water to sprinkle
- Salt, as per tase
Directions:
- Mix all the spices, oil and ground peanuts.
- Cut the potatoes and eggplant in wedges and the okra into half.
- Spray some oil in a baking dish and spread all the potatoes, eggplants and okra in this dish and sprinkle the spice-mix over it.
- Sprinkle few drops of water ( 1-2 table spoons).
- Cover the baking dish with an aluminum foil and bake it for 30 minutes in the oven at 400 degrees.
- And… Voila! It’s ready!
Note:
- Mine is a portable small oven so I cook it on 400 degree for 30 minutes. Adjust your oven temperature accordingly.
- If you are using paprika then add 1-2 table spoon and this will give a nice red color to the food.
- You can also use Japanese/ Chinese long dark purple colored eggplant. .
- In this preparation you can put cloves of garlic if you prefer garlic flavor.
- If you do not have Amchur powder, you can sprinkle some lemon juice instead, when it is baked
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