Suneil's Blog: Baking Vegetables

I came home this evening and felt like making something with the vegetables in the freezer. I decided I would try to bake them. Not knowing anything about timing and temperature for baking vegetables, I gave my friend LadyParadox a call and asked for advice. Based on her advice, I made ...

"Baked Vegetables with Indian Spices"

Here's how to make it.

You will need:

A place to make it
The place (preferably a kitchen) should have an oven and you should have permission/rights to use the place for the next one or more hours. If you get kicked out of there in 30 minutes, you're going to find it difficult.
A refrigerator that you can put stuff into would be also nice to have access to.
A baking dish/pan/rack that can be used.
Non stick cooking spray + Aluminium foil OR non-stick aluminium foil. (That's the British spelling of the metal that has the symbol Al. Deal with it.)
Vegetables - whatever you feel like using (more importantly, these should be vegetables you want to eat). I used Cauliflower and Carrots. (bought frozen & cut from the local Walmart).
Spices: I used the following powders - coriander, turmeric, chilly, minced garlic, ginger, salt, a pinch of garam masala and a pinch of chicken curry masala. Use what you want, this is meant to be easy to make.
Yogurt
A timer/stopwatch

The How To Do It.

Step-0: Obtain the vegetables if you don't already have it.
Step-1: Cut/slice/dice as you desire. Defrost the vegetables if required. Do not defrost with heat since you don't want them to start cooking already.

Step-2: Mix the vegetables with the Yogurt + Spices throughly.

Step-3: Marinate by putting it in the refrigerator (if possible) for 30 minutes to an hour.

Step-4a: Start heating up your oven to 350F.
Step-4b: Remove marinade from fridge and mix throughly.
Step-4c: If using baking pan + aluminum foil: Grease the foil with a light coating of non-stick cooking spray.
Step-4d: Spread the marinade onto the pan. Make sure its well spread out in a single layer.

Step-5a: Place into oven and bake for 20 minutes. (Time this!)
Step-5b: After 20 minutes, check, and then place in broil mode for upto 10 minutes - check/mix/turn things around to ensure everything stays mixed and does not burn.