- String the papadi. Do not separate into two. Peel the kand and cut into big pieces.
- Cut the potatoes and sweet potatoes without peeling. Make slits on the brinjals
- Mix all the vegetables. Apply the ajwain, chilli-ginger paste, soda bi-carb and salt. Mix thoroughly and apply the oil all over.
- In a small earthen pot (matka), put a few leaves of lettuce at the bottom. Fill with all thevegetables and cover with the balance lettuce leaves.
- Cover the matka, with an earthen lid and bake in a hot oven at 200 *C (400 *F) for 1 hour.
- Alternatively, instead of cooking in a matka, wrap the vegetable mixture (without lettuce leaves) in aluminium foil and bake in a hot oven at 200 *C (400 *F) for 1 hour.
- Serve with green and garlic chutneys and sweet and sour sauce, oil and seve.
- For the green chuntey. Blend all the ingredients in a liquidiser.
- For the garlic chutney. Blend all the ingredients in a liquidiser.
- For the sweet and sour sauce. Blend all the ingredients except coriander except coriander in a liquidiser. If too thick, add enough water to get the right consistency. Garnish with coriander.