Vegeterian, Mangalorean Specialities
Oven Roasted Swede with Mangalore Baffat powder- Nativity Day Special
Nativity Day is here and to celebrate I am blogging about one of my favourite oven roasted vegetable dishes.
To make Oven roasted Swede with Mangalore Baffat powder.
Ingredients:
Swede: Chopped into 1/4 inch cubes: 250 gms
Mustard seeds/ : 1/2 tsp
Naked Urad dal: 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves: a few
Green chillies slit: 2-3
Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp
Hing: 1/8th tsp
Baffat powder/ Sambhar powder/ Ready Vegetable spice mix: 2 tsps
Coconut oil/ any other vegetable oil: 1-2 tbsp or as required.
Salt to taste
Lemon juice
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 200C
2. Heat a large wok with coconut oil, when hot add mustard seeds, splutter, add naked urad, curry leaves and green chillies and fry for a minute, add a pinch of turmeric and hing fry for few seconds, then add the cubed swede, stir fry for a minute, sprinkle over the baffat powder/ sambhar powder/ vegetable spice mix, salt to taste, coat all pieces well.
3. Place all the spice coated swede cubes flat on a greased baking sheet, center of the oven, sprinkle over 2-3 tbsps of water and roast for 45-60 minutes or till soft and done. Turn in between 2-3 times. Sprinkle water over swede cubes in between if needed. Taste for salt, adjust. Squeeze over lemon juice if needed, serve hot.
Enjoy as an accompaniment to beef/ lamb steaks or grilled fish or traditional rice and daaliso saar.
Caysera’s Notes:
1. Mangalore Baffat powder can be made at home (recipe here) or can be brought ready made from Konkan Traders, Don Stores or Costa Bakery in Mangalore, India. This powder is so versatile it can be used in various preparations like Dukrachemas/ Pork Bafat Style, Kori Sukka ( Chicken dry style with coconut) , Baffat Chicken/ fish curry and is a good seasoning for vegetables like marrow (Cucumber Baffat sukke) or starchy vegetables like yam, potatoes, plaintains and swede. As an alternative if you cannot find Baffat powder you could substitute with Sambhar powder or a ready vegetable spice powder available in most Asian stores. For a milder flavour substitute the baffat/sambhar powder with a sprinkling of 1-2 tsps of Smoked Paprika powder.
