Cool tip for vegetarians (and non-vegetarians)

[DFW]

My wife is a brilliant chef, and has become very creative since my cardiac near-miss forced
a radical change in my diet. If it walks on four legs, it's taboo for me. She was feeling
inventive last night, and the result was so amazing, I asked her how she did it. She made this
to go along with an ocean perch filet, but it could have stood on its own as a meal. Make this
to serve over rice--any kind of rice, basmati, white, brown, it won't matter.

What she did was to dice up some eggplant, zucchini, onions and tomatoes, add some small pitted
black olives, and sautée the mixture in olive oil. She then added some white wine and let it
simmer just a bit. Then she added a mixture of Indian Brinjal Pickle (Patak sells it in the USA,
I'm pretty sure) and Mexican salsa (!!!!!!). She turned up the heat a little again and added some
more white wine, then poured the whole thing over the rice. The taste was AMAZING.

It doesn't matter if you add fish, chicken, or nothing at all. It was one hell of an inpspiration,
and the combination of the Indian and Mexican flavorings was like nothing either of us have ever
tasted before.

I don't know the proportions, so you anyone daring to try this out for themselves will have to play
it by ear (don't be stingy with the Binjal Pickle), but WOW what a taste!

[RebelOne]

1. Sounds delicious. I'll have to try it. That is if I can find the Binjal Pickle. n/t

[DFW]

6. That's Brinjal Pickle

A company called Patak (probably Pakistani or Indian, but based in England) sells it by the jar.
There's a site in Chicago from whom you can order it in the States. It's called MyEthnicWorld.com
(I had to look it up, as you can buy it off the shelf of stores here in Germany).

[elleng]

2. Would you mind x-posting this to Cooking & Baking?

Thanks.

[DFW]

3. Not at all. I didn't even realize there was such a board

(I don't make this kind of a post often, in case you didn't figure that out)

[elleng]

4. Got it, but as you travel so much, you should!

[DFW]

5. I won't forget! n/t

[elleng]

7. THANKS!

And describe your special meals, please!

[seemunkee]

8. Sounds like a ratatouille with Indian pickle

Interesting. I'll have to try that.