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I was gonna just boil some frozen pierogies for dinner, but I saw that I
had two eggplants in the fridge, so I decided to make Indian food.
Here's what we had:

1) The eggplant: I salted the eggplants (two large Italian ones, cut
into large chunks), then rinsed and drained them and tossed them with
about a tablespoon each of ground coriander and turmeric, a sliced
onion, and a bit of salt. Then I roasted them at 400F for about half an
hour

2) Chana dal with berbere spice: 1 cup chana dal, 3 cups water, about a
tablespoon of berbere spice, 1/2 tsp salt. Boil, then turn down and simmer
for at least an hour. Add the juice of a lemon at the last minute.

3) Fresh mango chutney from the fat-free Indian cookbook I checked out
of the library

4) Jarred curried-vegetable chutney

5) A couple of non-vegan things: raita, and a chicken dish that would be
great with seitan -- toss the "chicken" with onions and chili powder and
paprika and mustard seed in a hot pan until the spices are toasted a
bit. Add half a cup of water and some chopped summer squash and fresh
peas. Simmer covered for 10 minutes or so.

6) A simple salad of romaine and vinaigrette with a little cilantro
tossed in.

It was quite a feast, and everything was really yummy.

Cooking class?

[I don't have a local filter; sorry!]

Any locals want to go to a cooking demo/class with me tomorrow in North Oakland? It's at the Women's Cancer Resource Center around the corner from my house, from 6-8pm. Tomorrow's class: "Delicious Curries from Thailand, Myanmar, & India". Next month (3rd Wednesday), it's "Drink up! – Making fabulous smoothies, nutmilks & juices".

I used to volunteer there, and am going to start doing so again, and the people are really great. I would LOVE some company, and I'm betting someotherguy isn't gonna feel like it.