Baingan Ka Bhartha
Easy Smoky eggplant recipe in Punjabi style
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 3 Medium size baingan (eggplant)
- 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
- 2 Onions (chopped)
- 2 Tomatoes(chopped)
- 1 Chopped Green Chilli
- 1 tbsp Red chili powder
- 1 tbsp salt
Instructions
- Take a Brinjal(eggplant) and put on high flame
- Roast the brinjal until the skin is blackened, it will take a 10-12 minute to collapse the eggplant
- When the eggplant is perfectly roasted, step aside to cool it down
- Peel the skin of the eggplant and mash it properly
- Heat a pan put vegetable oil in it
- Add roughly chopped onions into the pan, cook 2-3 minutes. Don’t overcook the onion.
- Add roughly chopped tomatoes and green chilli, mix it well (you can also add some peas in it if you want but its totally optional)
- Cook the tomatoes for 5 minutes until oil oozing out of the masala
- Add 1tsp of chili powder, salt as per your taste and mix it well
- Add roasted eggplant into the masala and mash it properly
- Cook the Bhartha for 5-7 minutes on medium-low flame
- Now your Baingan ka Bharta(Eggplant Bharta)is ready to serve with chapati [roti], plain parantha whatever you like. And also add desi ghee on top, it will enhance the flavor of the bhartha.