Baingan Bharta is mashed eggplant cooked with spiced tomato very flavorful dish. This is a very popular dish in Punjab usually served with roti.
Ingredients:
4 small Eggplants
1 Finely Chopped Onions
1 Finely Chopped Tomatoes
Coriander leaves
2 Tbsp Oil
1/2 Cup Boiled Green Peas
1/4 tsp Turmeric
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
Salt
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 1/2 tsp Red Chilly Powder
1 tsp ginger garlic past
1 tbsp.coriander power
Method:
- Make slits in the eggplants
- On medium Flame, put the eggplant and roast it and keep turning it slowly over time to time till everything is nicely roasted, Soft and cooked.
- Once its cooked, put the eggplants in a bowl remove the burnt skin from eggplant and mash it make smooth past.
- Meanwhile in a heated pan, put some oil.
- Add cumin seeds to it & let it crackle
- Add onions and ginger garlic paste and saute it till its nice and cooked
- Add tomatoes and mix everything well
- Add turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander powder, red chilly powder, salt and mix everything well.
- Add the boiled green peas and coriander leaves and mix everything well
- Add the eggplant mash to the tomato mixture.
- Add 1/2 cup water and salt so that everything cooks well and the dish is ready to be served with chapati, naan any kind of indian bread....enjoy
