Baingan Bharta (Spicy Smoked Eggplant) is really a North Indian recipe made using roasted and mashed eggplant that's cooked with onion, tomato, ginger root and Indian spices. Typically the eggplant is roasted over charcoal or direct fire allow it a smoky flavor. But you may also grill the eggplant within an oven like Used to do with this recipe. Its much neater and clean procedure that way. This dish could be offered with Roti/Chapati/Naan or any Indian bread of your liking.
You'll find various versions of the recipe because the preparation style has a tendency to vary from place to place in India. Such as the this recipe am discussing along with you today is really a Punjabi recipe that requires onion tomato, ginger root, garlic clove, eco-friendly chillies and spices while the Maharashtrian version my granny made was without using tomato with hardly any spices. Will share that recipe too at some point. So stay tuned in!
How to the recipe.
1 large eggplant
1 medium-sized onion finely chopped
2-3 medium-sized tomato plants finely chopped
2 tablespoons of of finely chopped ginger root
1-2 garlic clove cloves finely chopped
2-3 eco-friendly chillies finely chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds (zeera) (optional)
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
1/2 to at least one teaspoon red chilli powder (in order to taste)
1/2 tablespoons of coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon amchur powder (optional)
4-5 tablespoons of of finely chopped coriander leaves
1-2 tablespoons of of oil
salt to taste
Pre-heat the oven to 400F. Mean while line the baking tray with aluminium foil and use a thin coat of oil around the eggplant Make thin slits within the eggplant utilizing a knife. This helps it to prepare faster. When the oven is heated to 400F, put the tray with eggplant within the oven and allow it to prepare (rotating the eggplant every fifteen minutes for cooking) for around 1 hr or till correctly cooked. Now broil the eggplant on high for around 10-12 mins turning the eggplant after 2-3 mins to supply uniform heat to any or all sides. Take away the tray from the oven and permit time for you to awesome. When the eggplant is awesome enough to deal with peel your skin off after which either together with your hands or spoon mash the eggplant. Bare this aside.
Inside a vessel heat some oil and when hot add some cumin seeds. After they start spluttering add some onions and saute till they turn light golden brown. now add some ginger root and eco-friendly chillies and saute for five more mins. Now add some tomato plants and salt and blend.
Once the tomato plants turn soft add some turmeric powder, red chilli powder, amchur and coriander powder and blend well. Saute till this mix starts departing oil in the sides. Now add some mashed eggplant and blend well. Finally add some garam masala and coriander leaves
Notes:- I have used the oven to roast my eggplant but you might roast it directly over fire or perhaps your grill.
- Allow it a far more smoky flavor, I've broiled the eggplant after baking it. however, this step is optional.
- In case your tomato plants are sour in taste, you can omit the dry mango (amchur) powder.
- Adjust the ginger root and eco-friendly chillies to taste if you want it more/less hot (spicy).
- Adding garlic clove is optional with this recipe
There you have it our Punjabi Baigan Bharta is prepared. Serve it hot with Roti/naan/chapati or and Indian bread of your liking. Enjoy!
Happy Cooking.
Shweta