Baingan Bartha is a North Indian specialty made with charred eggplant and other spices. Each state in India have their own recipe for Baingan Bhartha. The recipe below is my version of "BAINGAN BHARTHA". Normally green peppers are not added in this recipe, but I have added it in to make this dish look colorful and appetizing. The secret ingredient to this recipe is sugar or jaggery. Adding sugar and tomatoes to this recipe gives it sweet and sour taste.
Total Preparation time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
1 Egg plant
1 Onion,
chopped lengthwise
1 Green bell
pepper, chopped lengthwise
2 Tomatoes,
diced
½ tsp of grated Ginger
½ tsp of Mustard seeds
½ tsp Cumin
Seeds
½ tsp Chili
powder
½ tsp
Coriander powder
1/4th
tsp Turmeric
1/4th
tsp Garam Masala
2 tsp Oil
½ tsp sugar
(or) jaggery
Salt
Procedure
Roast Eggplant in low flame on a stop top. Cook until all skin
in charred.
Allow eggplant to cool and then peel off and discard the skin and
dice the eggplant
Pour 2 tsp. of oil in a hot skillet; add mustard seeds and
cumin seeds. When mustard seeds start to crackle, add grated ginger, onions and
green bell pepper. Sautee for 2 minutes
Now add dry ingredients- turmeric, chili powder, and
coriander powder and garam masala. Saute for few seconds and then add diced tomatoes.
Stir well and add water if required. Close the lid and cook for 2 to 3 minutes
When rest of the vegetables is cooked, add chopped eggplant,
salt and sugar. Stir well and cook for 3-4 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and
red onions
Serve hot with any kind of Indian bread or with rice
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