HUNGRY GERALD

Relying on BSK’s Indian recipe list, BSK cooked a lush and sumptuous cauliflower curry last night. It was served over rice with a side dish of cooling raita. HG added heated baingan bharta (Indian mashed eggplant.)  Picante!! Much spicier than previously cooked baingan bharta. Sensational dinner. It led to vegetarian contemplation by HG. Indian vegetable cooking could make HG a vegetarian. HG recalls, with pleasure, being presented at a Vancouver, BC, restaurant with a large metal dish topped with small metal bowls containing food. There was okra, dal, eggplant, peppers and onions–and more. The accompaniment was dosas (with a broth to dip them in) and chutneys. The drink was chai. Wonderful eating. If confined to Indian veggie cuisine, HG could become a vegetarian. HG’s health (and the longevity of animals, fowl and fish) would be altered for the better. More dal, please!!