Cauliflower and Tofu Pakora Batter

Fry pakoras at medium heat always, and pre-cook cauliflower pieces by steaming for a couple minutes. Tofu may be cut in strips. The spelt, an "old world grain", flour has the qualtiy of stickiness, adhesiveness, try it!  White or Whole wheat flower may be substiuted, not quite as good. Spelt is an Excellent pakora batter additive. This recipe suits half a large-medium cauliflower, or 1/4 a large one, plus 1/2 cup extra-firm tofu cut into stips= equals protein. Offer to Srila Prabhupada with the tamarind chutney, water, salt, flower, and rice. Brahmanas may also offer through succession, to Radha Krishna; don't forget the Tulsi  leaves!

Pakora batter; 0ne and 1/3 cups besan, 1/3 cup spelt flower

enough water to make a medium thick pancake-like batter.

one tspn. cooking molasses or one and a half tspns brown sugar

one/half  tablespn olive  oil

one and 1/2 teaspns tumeric

one and 1/2 tspns. coriander

2/3 tspn. black pepper

2/3 tspn. salt

2/3 ts

Tamohara's Eggplant Parmesan 

Peel one large fresh eggplant, cut into flat square-shaped  pieces, 4 inch by 4 inch by 1/2 inch thick.

Salt them and set aside.

Heat 3 tablespns olive oil, add 1/2 tsp asfoetida,

( 2 cloves garlic and one small onion are also in the sauce, fried, in traditional greek recipes, no asfoetida )

add 2 tsps. cumin, coriander,  1 tsp black pepper and anise seed or fennel seed. fry lightly

Add 2/3 cup crushed tomatoes, small pat of butter.  

Add 1/4 tsp ground cloves and cinnamon 

add 2 teasps. basil, methi fenugreek leaf, oregano set aside

Blot the eggplant pieces dry, as the salt has sweated out some bitterness by now.   

Oil a large flat pan, and place eggplant, oiled both sides, in the pan, and bake at 400 degrees farenheit for 25 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Remove and cool a bit, then in smallish but deep oiled casserole dish, lay out a covering of the pieces flat on the bottom. Add some of the sauce, not too much ! and 1/2 cup grated mozzarella and good h