Baklazhanaya Ikra, a popular vegetarian spread prepared specially with large eggplants and this dish ressembles tastewise quite like our Indian Baingan Bharta..This caviar is prepared simply by grilling eggplants in oven from which their flesh is taken and prepared along with onions, canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, salt and pepper powder..Chopped tomatoes brings them a beautiful colour and this Russian eggplant spread tastes fabulous simply when served along with any bread eventhough Russians goes for their famous rye bread...This spread take an important role in most of Russian home, as this eggplant caviar is known well in Russia as the Poor Man's Caviar...This thick pureed mixture of roasted eggplants and vegetables goes directly to AWED-Russia guest hosted by RV, event by DK...




1no Eggplant(large)
1cup Onion chopped
6tbsp Olive oil
1tsp Garlic (chopped finely)
2no Tomatoes (large & chopped)
1/2tsp Sugar
Salt
Pepper powder
Lemon juice

Preheat oven to 425 degrees...Bake the eggplant on the middle rack for about an hour, turning it over once or twice untill the eggplants turn soft..Meanwhile, cook the onions in 4 tablespoons of the olive oil in medium heat untill they are soft but not brown...Add the garlic and cook for few minutes, put off the stove...Remove the skin of the egplant with a sharp knife, then chop the pulp finely as a puree..

Add this pureed eggplant to onions and stir in the tomatoes, sugar, salt and pepper powder...Heat the remaining olive oil in the pan in medium heat and pour in the eggplant mixture.Bring to a boil, stir constantly, then turn the heat to low, cover the pan and simmer for an hour.

Remove the cover and cook for another half-hour, stirring from time to time, until the mixture turns thicks.. add the lemon juice as per taste, give a stir...Transfer the mixture to a bowl...

Serve with bread..

Draniki, a delicious potato pancakes which ressembles quite like potato latkes or hash browns..This is a easy breezy pancakes which can be ready within few minutes and the difficult part of making out this pancakes is to grate the potatoes else this is easy pancakes to enjoy without any guilt...This Russian pancakes goes for grated potatoes,flour,baking powder and buttermilk, u can add egg to this pancakes, which i didnt used in this pancakes..How u seen ,u just need very less ingredients to prepare this droolworthy draniki..Some peoples used to grated onions to their draniki which i completely skipped in this recipe, coz already grating potatoes made me tired and i dont want to grate again onions for this pancakes..Sending this delectable draniki, potato pancakes from Russia goes to AWED-Russia guest hosted by RV of  Food for 7Stages of Life, event by DK...



5nos Potatoes (peeled & grated)
2tbsp All purpose flour
Salt
1/2cup Buttermilk
1/4tsp Baking soda
Oil

Take the grated potatoes along with all purpose flour, salt, buttermilk, baking soda, (can also add eggs if needed) in a large bowl, mix everything well and this mixture turns bit thick to pour..Heat enough oil, pour a small ladle of this potato mixture, cook on both sides until they turns golden brown..

Serve draniki with sour cream or apple sauce..