Murtani Recipe | Upar Gaar | Pepper Foods | Vegetarian | Trinidad

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Tofu offers a plant-based option, while canned chickpeas are budget-friendly.

peas

🥗Healthier: edamame

💰Cheaper: frozen mixed vegetables

Edamame is a protein-rich alternative, while mixed vegetables reduce cost.

Preheat the oven on the broil setting or prepare a gas stove with a wire rack.

Place eggplant, okra, onion, pimento, garlic, and tomatoes on the wire rack to char and roast them.

Once roasted, remove the ingredients from the fire and let them cool.

Scoop out the flesh from the eggplant and remove the skin from the tomatoes.

Chop the tips and bottoms off the okra and remove the skin from the garlic.

Combine all the roasted ingredients into a bowl.

Use a potato masher or food processor to mash the roasted mixture until desired consistency is reached.

Add salt to the mashed mixture.

Heat vegetable oil in a pan until hot.

Carefully add the hot oil to the mashed mixture and stir to combine.

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