Stuffed Vegetables shak

Ingredients	Quantity
Potatoes	1kg
Brinjals (small round variety)	500gms
Sweet potatoes	250gms
Yam (zaminkhand, purple variety)	250gms
The stuffing:
Fresh coconut	½
Coriander leaves	½ bunch
Gram flour	2 tsp
Coriander – cumin powder	2 tsp
Slat	to Taste
Ginger	2.5 cm. (1”) piece
Green chillies	6 – 8
Turmeric	½ tsp
Asafoetida	a pinch
Oil	1 cup

Grind the coconut. Chop the coriander leaves, ginger and green chillies. Mix all the spices and coconut together with salt. Add 2 tbsp oil and mix well. Peel potatoes, sweet potatoes and yam. Slit vegetables into four. Stuff with prepared masala. Bind together. Heat ¾ cup oil in a pan. Add the vegetables. Stir well. Cook over extremely slow fire for 1 ½ hours, keeping a little water on the lid of the pan to prevent burning. The vegetables and spices should be well cooked. Test for salt and remove.