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Bhurta, vorta, bhorta, or bharta is a lightly fried mixture of mashed vegetables (chakata) in the
Nona ilish vorta.jpg, Salted ilish vorta
Meshed potato (alu bharta).jpg, Alu vorta (mashed potato)
Shutki vorta 2.jpg, Dry fish cottage
Morich vorta.jpg, Red pepper vorta
Bhurta, vorta, bhorta, or bharta is a lightly fried mixture of mashed vegetables (chakata) in the Bangladesh
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, India
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, Nepal
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and Sri Lanka
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.
An example of this is Baingan Bartha.
Ingredients
Bhurta recipes vary depending upon the region and the vegetable(s) used. In general, the ingredients are as follows: *A vegetable, such as ''aloo'' (potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Uni ...
), ''baingan'' ( eggplant), or ''karela'' (bitter melon
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)
*''Tamatar'' (tomato
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
) or ''pyaz'' (onion
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)
*Chaunk
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(Tempered spices)
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See also
*South Asian cuisine
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Etymology
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* List of vegetable dishes
This is a list of vegetable dishes, that includes dishes in which the main ingredient or one of the essential ingredients is a vegetable or vegetables.
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References
Indian cuisine Bengali cuisine Indian vegetable dishes Pakistani cuisine Bihari cuisine {{India-cuisine-stub