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This site is designed to help you if you are looking for ethnic recipes or meal ideas from around the globe. You can search for a recipe (using the search box on the right) or use the drop down menus at the top of the page which include region, country, base ingredient or "pot luck"
 


Indian Recipe and Meal Ideas
Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Bhaingan Bhartha

An eggplant preparation cooked in spicy gravy. Adds perfect taste to those spicy glands.
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 1 large eggplant
  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped finely
  • 4 green chillies, chopped finely
  • 1 cup cooked green peas
  • 1 1/2 tsp dhania-jeera ( cumin -corainder) powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp amchoor(mango powder)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp cooking oil



Method:


Rub 1/2 tsp oil on the eggplant and bake in an oven till
the skin shrinks and liquid starts oozing out of the
vegetable.
This will take around 30-45 minutes at 400 deg F.
Take it out of the oven and peel it.
Mash the baigan and add the salt to it.
Heat the remaining oil and add the chopped onion.
Fry till the onions turns translucent.
Add the green chillies and the tomatoes and fry till the
mixture becomes homogeneous.
Now add all the spices and the sugar and fry for a minute.
Add the baigan and mix well.
Now add the peas and fry for a couple of minutes.
Add the chopped coriander leaves and some water to get
a thick consistency.Mix well.
Heat through.
Serve when hot with plain rice/paratha.


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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

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