Baigan ka bharta is the Indian vegetable made from round,purple eggpalant/brinjal/baigan. Its spicey, salty and pungent taste(because of mustard oil) makes it different from other vegetable. Lets prepare baigan ka bharta in desi style for village food lovers.
Ingredients:
- Two round shaped baigan
- one onion medium sized
- one tomato medium sized
- 4 nos. green chilli
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp mustard oil
- 1 tsp desi ghee
- pinch of asfoetida
- 1 tsp of mango powder/amchur
- salt as per taste
Method:
First of all we grease both baigan and slit them at 3-4 places, now put green chillies and pieces of gingers into every slit. Roast it at very low flame as baigan has to tender inside also.
Meantime we will prepare tadka also. Pour desi ghee in a pan and add asfoetida into it .When get little hot saute chopped onions till transparent then saute tomatoes also till soft. Add some salt into it and leave it putting the flame off.
Now we will see brinjals have been roasted from all sides. Take it out and leave them to get cool. Take out green chillies and ginger from brinjals and chip them.
Now peel brinjals also and mash them that no lumps would be there add chopped chillies and ginger, salt and mustard oil. Add this preparation to tadka and saute for full one minute to get mix well. Now serve with chapatis.
p.s. If u dont like taste of raw mustard oil dont add it, but it’s pungent taste add more taste to bharta.
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