Comments on: A Culinary Journey to West Bengal, India

By: SB

SB — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:03:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing this recipe. Tried it yesterday. It turned out really good.

By: Kamal Mahapatra

Kamal Mahapatra — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:19:23 +0000

Although I am an Oriya .. but cooking the east side dishes is very complicated .. this baigan fry will definitely try and respon later with the outcome … I hope my son likes it too …. Bye

By: ashan

ashan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:25:00 +0000

Hi Meena, What is amchoor? I couldn’t find it (I shop at Whole Foods ); what can I substitute it with?

Ashan, amchoor is dried mango powder and can be easily found at any Indian grocery store. If you can’t seem to get hold of it, then just omit it out and sprinkle a dash of fresh lemon juice in the end.

By: Jyoti

Jyoti — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:38:18 +0000

Tried this today. It turned out really good. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

By: Laundry Woman

Laundry Woman — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:57:38 +0000

Love eggplant. Love, love love them. Can’t wait to try this.

By: reeta

reeta — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:16:35 +0000

looks yummy!! recently hv been longing for aubergine pakoras…saw a steamed egglant salad on TV(by Kylie Kwong)…vl hunt for it and share the recipe on ma blog…

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:10:51 +0000

I made this last night for dinner and it was so tasty - thanks for the recipe! And it made good cold sandwiches for this morning’s breakfast too…

Quite a bit of oil used however as those brinjals do really soak it up.

I’m glad you enjoyed it, Diane. I love making Paninis out of these well, really yummy. I agree about the oil. Eggplants are just like sponge and soak it all up. But I think soaking it in water for sometime definitely helps.

By: Grafx

Grafx — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:01:09 +0000

Hello
saw your comment on my blog and im HERE!!* jumps up and down excitedly* i LOVE the idea and just in case my email went to your junk mail…im putting up this comment.

im part Bengali and i LOVE begoon fry!! YUM!

Thanks Grafx!

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:57:49 +0000

Hi Meena,

I am tagging along here at your heels on your culinary journey and this eggplant looks delicious. I can’t wait to try! I enjoyed the writeup as well; a fascinating snapshot of West Bengal

Thanks Linda! This journey is fun, isn’t it? Hope you try this recipe as well, it’s just amazing!

By: kalyn

kalyn — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:01:58 +0000

I wanted to let you know that I’m spotlighting this recipe today in a feature on my blog that I call “South Beach Recipes of the Week.” It includes your photo (with a photo credit for you, of course) and a link to the recipe on your blog. Please let me know if you have any concerns about how I’ve done this.