Kurma

The last session of our second trio of Durban classes had us honing in on vegetables - just vegetable dishes, nothing else. The cooks here wanted to brush-up on their vegie-cooking skills. So we gave 'em veg! Twelve dishes in fact.

Here's our team.

And here's what we cooked, starting top centre outer circle, clockwise, then inner ring, clockwise, then bottom, left to right.

South Indian Snake Bean Poriyal
Mixed Vegetables in Creamy Gujarati-style Karhi Sauce
Moist Vrindavana-style Vegetable and Badi Stew
Zucchini, Green Peppers and Tomato
Steamed Basmati Rice
Quick and Simple Green Beans
Sauteed Potatoes with Cashews and Coconut
Punjabi Red Bean Curry (Rajma)
Eggplant, Potato and Panir Cheese (“A Meat-Eater’s Delight”)
Bengali Spinach (Sak)
Punjabi-style Tomatoes, Peas and Home-made Curd Cheese (Matar Panir)
Creamy Cauliflower and Potato Supreme (Gobi Alu Bhaji)
Succulent Gujarati Pumpkin Curry

Posted by Kurma on 31/7/06; 6:37:49 PM from the Travel dept.

Posted by Kurma on 31/7/06; 6:35:50 PM from the Travel dept.

Exclusive Books is South Africa's leading book retailer, with 39 stores in major shopping centres and at major airports. Its flagship store in Hyde Park, Johannesburg stocks up to 70,000 titles. In keeping with the group's strategy of expanding into Africa, Exclusive Books has recently opened its first store in Botswana.

Anyway, the Durban branch is situated in the massive Pavilion shopping centre in Westville, and will be hosting my cookery demonstration and book signing this evening. Rumour has it that the event was booked out even before advertising began. Sounds like a fun event. I'll keep you posted.