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Smoked brinjal. Something I really detested while growing up. Amma didn’t make bharta back then, but she did make this thuvayal/thogayal every once in a while. Later, she learnt that one could steam the brinjal in the cooker and started making it that way. I could more than tolerate that as it didn’t have the “smokey” flavour. I even remember her using the microwave to roast the brinjal, but she says she hasn’t tried. I insist that she did. (I’ve lived awa (...)