| Baingan Bharta – a healthy Punjabi food made with roasted and mashed eggplant. |  |
Bharta means something in which the mashed ingredients are used. Eggplant is first roasted and then mashed. Mingled with tomatoes, onions and very less spices, this baingan bharta makes a very nutritious dish.
Punjabi baingan bharta is just one of the eggplant recipes. You can try more baingan recipes like spicy baingan bharta, baingan pakoda, bharwan baingan, achari baingan.
Bharta is usually made in North India. This is very easy to make. Serve with hot roti. You too give it a try 🙂
- Cooking Oil - 1 tbsp
- Brinjal / eggplant - 1 large
- Onion - 3 large
- Tomato - 2 large
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Red chili powder - ½ tsp
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Coriander powder - 1 tsp
- Fresh coriander leaves - 1 tbsp, chopped
- Salt to taste
- Grease brinjal with oil and place it on gas stove. Lower the flame.
- Keep on turning till it become soft and mushy.
- Insert a knife to check whether roasting is done or not. The skin of eggplant will get charred.
- With light hands scratch the charred skin of brinjal. Discard the stem.
- Roughly mash the roasted brinjal flesh and keep aside.
- Chop onions and tomatoes.
- In a pan heat oil and add cumin seeds.
- When cumin seeds splutter, add chopped onions and fry till onions become soft and translucent.
- Add tomatoes. Cook till it starts leaving oil.
- Add red chili powder, a pinch of turmeric powder and coriander powder. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add mashes brinjal and salt to taste. Mix.
- Cook for 5 -6 minutes. Remove from the gas.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti and your favorite daal.
Baigan bharta Recipe – How to make Eggplant bhurta recipe:
Step by step recipe of Baingan ka bhurta:
1. Grease brinjal with oil and place it on gas stove. Lower the flame.
2. Keep on turning till it become soft and mushy.
3. Insert a knife to check whether roasting is done or not. The skin of eggplant will get charred.
4. With light hands scratch the charred skin of brinjal. Discard the stem.
5. Roughly mash the roasted brinjal flesh and keep aside.
6. Chop onions and tomatoes.
7. In a pan heat oil and add cumin seeds.
8. When cumin seeds splutter, add chopped onions and fry till onions become soft and translucent.
9. Add tomatoes. Cook till it starts leaving oil.
10. Add red chili powder, a pinch of turmeric powder and coriander powder. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
11. Add mashes brinjal and salt to taste. Mix.
12. Cook for 5 -6 minutes. Remove from the gas.
13. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti and your favorite daal.
