Baigan Choka (Eggplant finished with hot oil)

Baigan is another word for Eggplant and Choka is a Hindi word meaning to finish a dish with hot flavored oil. The recipe was taken from here and cut in 1/3 as I only had 1 eggplant left. The other recipe says to grill everything, but I don't have that option so everything was put into a pan until it was charred slightly and heated through.

Ingredients:

• 1 eggplant, charred and cooled
• 8 plum tomatoes, charred and cooled
• 1/4 onion, charred and cooled
• 3 cloves of garlic, charred and cooled
• 1 jalapeno
• 4 TBSP olive oil
• 3 cloves of garlic

Directions:

1)Trim the stems off the eggplant and chop it.
2) Mash the eggplant and the tomatoes together.








3) Add the garlic, onion and, jalapeno and mix.
4) Heat the olive oil in a pan.








5) Add the fresh garlic and let it simmer for 15 seconds.









6) Serve with naan or other bread.

Roasted Vegetable Tostada

Using the green pepper, red onion and some lettuce from the Boston Organics box. Recipe taken from here.

Ingredients:

• 8 corn tortillas
• 4 cups cherry tomatoes, chopped in half
• 2 cups green peppers, chopped
• 2 cups red onion, chopped
• spray olive oil
• garlic powder
• 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
• 2 cups Cheddar jack cheese (and more for toppings)
• 2 cups black beans
• lettuce
• sour cream
• salsa
• whatever else you want to put on top!

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 425F/220C.
2) Spray oil on a baking tray, place the tomatoes, peppers and onion on it and spray again. Salt and pepper.







3) Roast for 30 minutes.











4) Remove from the oven and toss with the beans and cilantro.
5) Decrease oven temperature to 375C/190F.
6) Spray each tortilla once with olive oil and dash garlic powder on it and then brush the oil and powder all over.





7) Spoon mixture evenly over tortillas and add the cheese on top.











8) Bake for 10 minutes.
9) Add the lettuce, sour cream and whatever else you like!

 Don't do this and try and make tacos. Corn tortillas are too fragile for this and they will break (as you can see the front left one is trying to do)

Bruschetta Pasta

I saw the recipe for this on the Food Network in Zambia and have never bothered to look for it online because it is so simple!

Ingredients:

• Cooked pasta
• Mozerella
• Cherry Tomato
• Basil
• all of these can be in whatever ratio you prefer them in

Directions:

1) Cook the pasta.
2) Cut the mozerella into cubs, the tomato in half and the basil into slices.
3) Toss the pasta with the mozzarella, cherry tomato and basil.