Weekend Herb Blogging # 352 - The Roundup

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It has been an absolute pleasure to see a variety of recipes drop into my inbox specially made for Weekend Herb Blogging # 352 all through the week. Thanks to Haalo for the opportunity to host this week's edition..:-)

Let's dig into the entries (in no specific order). Shall we?

Eggplant Parmigiana - a Step by Step Recipe

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There are some recipes which make your mouth water just by the very mention and some which are considered as "comfort food" which pep you up on a not-so-good day. For me, Olive Garden's "Eggplant Parmagiana" fall into both the categories. This classic Italian-American dish is a lovely way to serve eggplant. The very combination of fried eggplant with tomata sauce, pasta, cheese and basil on the top is too good to resist. It is a scrumptious vegetable dish, perfect for any parties or potlucks.

Instead of baking in a casserole dish, I chose to assemble the fried eggplant individually on a bed of pasta & tomato sauce. Since its just two of us eating dinner most of the times, this works as I don't need to worry about left overs.

But, for a bigger group, to make things simple - in a shallow baking dish, arrange fried eggplant slices with cheese, pasta and tomato sauce as layers to form a stack and bake until cheese bubbles. Top with shredded basil leaves. Yum!

Dates and Sesame Poornalu | Poornam Boorelu | Sukhiyan Recipe

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May Lord Ganesha shower his blessings and fulfill all our wishes. :-)

As promised in my yesterday's post, here I am with recipe of Dates and Sesame Poornalu. The traditional stuffing for such poornam boorelu is - (pressure cooked + mashed bengal gram (chana dal), jaggery, shredded coconut with a hint of cardamom powder). These are very commonly made in Andhra households during almost all festivals. The twist of (dates with sesame seed combo) is just as delicious as our classic version and will be a crowd pleaser. Do give them a try.