Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Baingan Bharta

   Long weekends are always fun to have. But the after holidays blues are hard.I feel lazy to do anything around & just love to stuck myself on a sofa with a good drama. This long weekend is no different from the other, we went to beach, watched an idiotic movie "the World's End" & did a little shopping of grocery & other stuff. So now it's time for me to get back to reality & start working on the blogging marathon again. Wishing myself a good luck with that & I'm here sharing a regional dish for Maharashtra, Bengal, Orissa & Bihar. (Acc. to wikipedia) This dish has a smoky flavor to it becoz of grilling it on a stove top & that makes this dish more delectable. 


Yields : 2 Servings
Ingredients
1 Large eggplant/brinjal
½ Cup chopped onions
1 Cup chopped tomatoes
1 Tsp. ginger garlic paste
1 Tsp. garam masala
1 Tsp. paprika
½ Tsp. turmeric
1 Tsp. mustard
1 Tsp. jeera
1 Tbsp. Olive oil
1 Tbsp. Cilantro for garnish
Salt


Place eggplant on your stove top & cook it in medium heat. Rotate the eggplant on the burner to cook it on all sides. You can see the brinjal getting softer on all sides & that is when you switch off heat.
Allow it to cool for at-least 15mins on your counter top. Then peel the outer burnt skin & keep the pulp aside. Mash the brinjal without any lumps.



Heat pan with oil & to that add mustard & jeera. Once the mustard starts jumping add the onion to pan.
Sauté them for few minutes. To that add ginger garlic paste & fry for few seconds.
Add tomatoes to pan along with turmeric, garam masala powder, and paprika & salt.
Close it with a lid allowing tomatoes to cook & once they are done add the mashed eggplant to pan. Mix well & cook on low heat for 5mins.
Switch off heat & garnish it with cilantro.



Serve it with roti , naan & chapati.

28 comments:

  1. wow my favourite subji :) looks so superb

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  2. All time favorite ! Love to have it with roti and a bowl of curd.

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  3. oh perfect with roti / naan!!! very comforting and delicious!!

    Sowmya

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  4. Actually this popular in andhra too and I have seen tamilians making this as well..:)..so we can call this Indian recipe right..pictures are very nice..

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  5. Been on my to-do list for a long time, wish I make it sometime if there are takers at home... love the contrast of the green coriander against the rustic brown ...

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  6. Whenever i think about eggplants,definitely Bhartha will comes to my mind,one the most favourite dish.

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  7. Oh how I used to love this...just can't eat due to brinjals allergy...but this surely sounds very flavorful..super.

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  8. I'm not an eggplant person but I am sure it would taste just as wonderful using different vegetable

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  9. My most favourite dish. Any which way I just love Baigan Bharta.

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  10. Perfectly done! Drool worthy pictures.

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  11. an absolutely loved and adored veggie of the family. cant get enough :)

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  12. i love bharta...and loved the way you have made it and presented it

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  13. As a kid, this was the only 'baingan' dish I'd have. Interestingly, my friend from Bihar gave me a Tomato bharta recipe that is prepared in s similar manner with tomato roasted on stove top in place of the baingan

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  14. I love this curry all time fav one can have it any time so yummy.

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  15. I love eggplant and this baingan bharta is probably in the top 5 eggplant dishes I like :-)
    Lovely presentation.

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  16. One of my fav subzi. Looks very delicious and beautiful snaps...

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  17. Lovely color and I must say I love the smoky flavor. Nice pics as well :)

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  18. My Fav Bharta.. looks perfect & mouthwatering..nice clicks..

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  19. Love it with chapathis... Neatly presented

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  20. Baingan bhartha is one of my favorite recipe made with eggplants. Lovely dish and clicks!

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  21. I love Bharta and this delicious

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  22. My absolute favourite dish. Love your presentation.

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  23. Tempting click and perfect side dish for naan and rotis..

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  24. I came across your blog while looking for some Indian food recipes and liked a lot. How amazing! I will keep an eye out for all your recipes :)

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