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CC Madhya 3.47

Bengali

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

Text

komala nimba-patra saha bhājā vārtākī
paṭola-phula-baḍi-bhājā, kuṣmāṇḍa-mānacāki

Synonyms

komala — newly grown; nimba-patranimba leaves; saha — with; bhājā — fried; vārtākī — eggplant; paṭola — with paṭola fruit; phula-baḍi — a preparation of dhal; bhājā — fried; kuṣmāṇḍa — squashes; mānacāki — the food called mānacāki.

Translation

Amongst the various vegetables were newly grown leaves of nimba trees fried with eggplant. The fruit known as paṭola was fried with phulabaḍi, a kind of dhal preparation first mashed and then dried in the sun. There was also a preparation known as kuṣmāṇḍa-mānacāki.

Purport

We request our editors of cookbooks to add all these nice preparations described by the experienced author Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī.