Baingan bharta (Mashed brinjal)

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Serves: 04

Preparation Time: 60 minutes

Level: Easy

Baingan bharta

Ingredients

• Brinjal (Big fat) - 2 no.
• Cooking oil - 4 tablespoon
• Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Onion - 1 medium sized
• Garlic - 5 pods
• Green chili - 2 no
• Tomato - 2 medium sized
• Chili powder - 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt - to taste
• Coriander leaf - 3 springs

Preparation

• De-skin and mash brinjals 
• Wash and dry brijal
• Slit the skin with knifes tentatively
• Apply little oil
• Cook in a hot oven for 12 minutes or
• Pierce in a skewer and expose to direct flame in stove until skin becomes brownish and shrunken
• Cool and remove the skin
• Mash them (now they will be soft and easy to mash)
• Fine chop garlic and green chilies
• Chop onion and tomato

Cooking

• Heat oil in a kadai and temper cumin
• Add chopped green chilies and garlic & fry
• Add onion and saute until it turn brown
• Add salt, chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and saute until they off flavor
• Add tomatoes and cook
• Add mashed brinjal and cook until oil starts leaving from side
• Sprinkle water (only) if necessary
• Check for salt, sprikle coriander leaves and remove