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Baingan Bharta is a favorite North Indian curry made by first roasting the garlic studded baingan on an open flame until very soft. This easy baingan bharta recipe is going to be a sure shot hit at home! Baingan (eggplant/aubergine) is studded with garlic and roasted on an open flame, and then stir-fried with aromatics for the most delicious smoky flavor.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have baingan bharta smoky eggplant stir-fry using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baingan bharta Smoky eggplant stir-fry:
- Get 1 medium eggplant
- Take 1 medium sized red onion finely sliced
- Prepare 1 tomato chopped
- Make ready 1 inch ginger grated
- Make ready 5 cloves garlic grated
- Take 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1 tsp cumin powder
- Get 2-3 green chilies
- Get 1/2 tsp red chilli powder(optional)
- Prepare 1/4 tsp whole cumin seeds
- Get 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves
- Take as needed oil for cooking
There are different ways of making this bharta [bharta=mash] but this is the most common way and the one you will find in Indian restaurants. I know there are other ways because in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that's where I am. Baingan Bharta or Eggplant Bharta is an easy vegan, keto and gluten-free Indian recipe. Fire-roasted and mashed eggplant is stir fried in onions, tomatoes, garlic and spices to make a very flavourful side dish.
Steps to make Baingan bharta Smoky eggplant stir-fry:
- Wash the eggplant and pat dry. Make slits on the eggplant. The eggplant is now ready for roasting.
- Put the eggplant on open flame. The eggplant can be roasted in oven but the smoky flavor will be missing.
- After the roasting is done, the eggplant should become soft.
- Now let the eggplant cool.
- Peel the skin of the roasted eggplant. Dip it in a bowl of water to remove the remaining bits of the skin of eggplant.
- Mash the eggplant and keep it ready for cooking. (Do not discard the juices that comes out of the eggplant)
- Take a kadai/pan. To it add the oil and heat it.
- Add the cumin seeds to the hot oil and let it splutter.
- Now add the chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilies, grated ginger and garlic and sauté for 1 min.
- Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, cumin powder and about one tablespoon of water and stir till the water evaporates.
- Now, add the mashed eggplant and keep stirring till all the water evaporates.
- Turn off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
There's something to be said about fire-roasted eggplant (or brinjal or aubergine, whatever you. Baingan Bharta is a North Indian recipe made using roasted and mashed eggplant, cooked in onion, tomato base and Indian spices. This spicy smoked eggplant recipe is vegan, gluten free and pairs best with Indian flatbreads like Roti, Chapati or paratha. Baingan (eggplant) may not be a favorite. Baingan Bharta is mashed eggplant cooked with spiced tomato very flavorful dish.
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