Baingan Barta(बैंगन का भरता )

When it is cold or raining I feel like eating this dish with some paratha topped with some butter and sliced of onions and green chilli. Perfect dhaba style food which you can get in any highway side dhaba restaurant in India.

This dish needs three main ingredients which are tomatoes,onion and big eggplant.

Ingredients:-
(1). 1 big size eggplant.
(2). 1 1/2 big chopped onion
(3). 3 chopped tomatoes
(4). 1 teaspoon mustard seed
(5). 2 tablespoon oil
(6). pinch of asafoetida
(7). 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
(8). 2-3 teaspoon red chilli powder
(9). 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
(10).  1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste.
(11). salt to taste.
(12). chopped coriander for garnishing

Recipe:-
Peel the eggplant skin with vegetable peeler. Cut eggplant into big chunks and pressure cook it with half cup water. Switch of the Stove once cooker makes  with 5-6 whistles. More whistles assures that eggplant is soften and ready to mash.  Once cooker is cooled open it and mash the eggplant with masher until it becomes like puree as shown.

mashed eggplant

Take oil in nonstick pan and add mustard seed and asafoetida. Once mustard seed starts cracking add chopped onion and pinch of salt. Cook until onion starts to become translucent, now add chopped tomatoes, and ginger garlic paste. Add turmeric powder, garam masala and chili powder. Let it cook for 7-10 minutes. If needed add little water. When gravy starts to thickens switch off stove. Use masher to mash gravy. Garnish gravy with coriander leaves. You can eat this gravy by eat self as onion tomato curry.

gravy

Now mix mashed eggplant into prepared gravy and let it cook for 5 minutes and mix gravy and eggplant  well. Garnish the dish with chopped cashew and coriander leaves.

Baingan Bharata

Serve hot with plain parathas , cut onion wedge and green chilies on side. You can also serve with hot basmati rice and yogurt.



Tip:- If you are in hurry you can use pasta sauce with garlic flavor and fried onion or onion powder to make gravy.