Text 48] Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acarya 265

komala nimba-patra saha bhaja vartaki
patola-phula-badi-bhaja, kusmanda-manacaki

SYNONYMS

komala—newly grown; nimba-patra—nimba leaves; saha—with; bhaja—
fried; vartaki—eggplant; patola—with patola fruit; phula-badi—a prepara-
tion of dahl; bhaja—fried; kusmanda—squashes; mdnacaki—the foodstuff
called manacaki.

TRANSLATION

Amongst the various vegetables were newly grown leaves of nimba
trees fried with eggplant. The fruit known as patola was fried with phula-
badi, a kind of dahl preparation first mashed and then dried in the sun.
There was also a preparation known as kusmanda-manacaki.

PURPORT

We request our editors of cookbooks to add all these nice preparations de-
scribed by the experienced author Srila Kaviraja Gosvami.

TEXT 48

afacaa-ry, wal, Aa aya |
CUI, FEST, AFH IHF It Bv-l

narikela-sasya, chana, sarkara madhura
mochda-ghanta, dugdha-kusmdanda, sakala pracura

SYNONYMS

narikela-sasya—the pulp of coconut; chana—curd; sarkara—fruit sugar;
madhura—very sweet; mochd-ghanta—a semisolid preparation made with
banana flowers; dugdha-kusmanda—newly grown squash cut into pieces
and boiled in milk; sakala—all; pracura—plentiful.

TRANSLATION

The preparation made with coconut pulp mixed with curd and rock
candy was very sweet. There was a curry made of banana flowers and
squash boiled in milk, all in great quantity.
