Madhya 3.47

TEXT 47

TEXT

কোমল নিম্বপত্র সহ ভাজা বার্তাকী ।
পটোল-ফুলবড়ি-ভাজা, কুষ্মাণ্ড-মানচাকি ॥ ৪৭ ॥

komala nimba-patra saha bhaja vartaki

patola-phula-badi-bhaja, kusmanda-manacaki

SYNONYMS

komala-newly grown; nimba-patra-nimba leaves; saha-with; bhaja-fried; vartaki-eggplant; patola-with patola fruit; phula-badi-a preparation of dahl; bhaja-fried; kusmanda-squashes; manacaki-the foodstuff called manacaki.

TRANSLATION

Amongst the various vegetables were newly grown leaves of nimba trees fried with eggplant. The fruit known as patola was fried with phulabadi, a kind of dahl preparation first mashed and then dried in the sun. There was also a preparation known as kusmanda-manacaki.

PURPORT

We request our editors of cookbooks to add all these nice preparations described by the experienced author Srila Kaviraja Gosvami.