East Indian
Besara (Odia Vegetables in Mustard-Poppy Paste)
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Besara (Odia Vegetables in Mustard-Poppy Paste) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the mustard seeds and poppy seeds in warm water for 15 minutes, then grind with the green chilies into a smooth paste.
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Heat the mustard oil in a pan and temper with the panch phoron until fragrant.
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Add the potato and pumpkin and fry for 4 minutes, then add the eggplant, turmeric, and salt.
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Stir in the mustard-poppy paste and water, cover, and simmer until the vegetables are tender and the gravy lightly clings to them, about 15 minutes.
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Serve hot with rice, an everyday Odia way of cooking whatever vegetables are on hand.
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Serve it with
A East Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Besara (Odia Vegetables in Mustard-Poppy Paste), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Besara (Odia Vegetables in Mustard-Poppy Paste) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 200 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 410 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Besara (Odia Vegetables in Mustard-Poppy Paste) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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