Yesterday, I had my very first radio studio interview on the Heritage Radio program, Let’s Eat In hosted by Cathy Erway. Heritage Radio, if you are not familiar, has a number of shows that cover people doing all sorts of things in food and art. I have been an avid listener of Cathy’s show for some time so I was pretty excited to be a guest.
This past weekend, I gave a veggie cooking demo at Vegetopolis at the Pig Island event on Governor’s Island. I had found purple, yellow and green string beans at the farmer’s market so I decided to make a South Indian stir fry dish called playa, which is basically fresh veggies cooked with fried spices, coconut, lemon and cilantro. I realized after cooking the purple ones though that they actually turn green so enjoy the color before you cook them!
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This Saturday, I’ll be giving a South Indian cooking demo using seasonal vegetables at Pig Island which will take place on Governor’s Island. That’s right, this vegetarian is going to Pig Island! Historically, Pig Island, the brainchild of Jimmy Carbone of Jimmy’s No. 43, was all about celebrating local and sustainable pig, but now thanks to my friend and fellow locavore, Cathy Erway, it’s about celebrating local vegetables too!
Pakoras are a North Indian appetizer, made out of vegetables that are battered in chickpea flour and water and then deep fried. I wanted to make a variation of this recipe that was not deep fried out of a few ingredients I had leftover from my farmshare: Japanese eggplant, eggs, parsley and Romaine lettuce.
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