Shahi Baingan Bharta Creamy Roasted Mashed Eggplant Recipes

SHAHI BAINGAN BHARTA (CREAMY ROASTED MASHED EGGPLANT)

Steps:

• Prick the eggplant with a fork a few times, lightly oil and bake in a preheated oven at 400°F Roast until they are tender, about 30-40min or until the flesh yields easily to pressure.
• Remove the pulp, peel and mash.
• Heat oil, add onion and cook until golden brown.
• Add garlic, chilis and all the dry spices listed.
• Add tomato and cook, stirring, till tomato gets pulpy, about 10mins.
• Stir in the roasted eggplant pulp, and cook on medium-low heat, about 15min.
• Stir in the cream and garnish with chopped cilantro.

BAINGAN BHARTA ( SPICY ROASTED EGGPLANT WITH TOMATOES, CILANTRO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Oil rimmed baking sheet; place eggplant halves, cut side down, on sheet.
• Roast eggplant until flesh is soft, about 1 hour.
• Cool slightly.
• Using spoon, scoop pulp from eggplant halves into medium bowl and mash.
• Discard skins.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onions and sauté until golden brown, for about 6 minutes.
• Add ginger and stir for 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes and next 4 ingredients. Sauté for 5 minutes to blend flavors.
• Add eggplant and stir until slightly thickened (about 5 minutes).
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in cilantro.
• Season with salt and pepper.

BAINGAN BHARTA- INDIAN STYLE FIRE ROASTED EGGPLANTS

Steps:

• Prick eggplants and roast them over open flame or in a tandoor/preheated oven until the skin scorches and starts peeling off.
• The sure shot way to check if the eggplants are done is to pierce them with the back of a spoon, if it enters the brinjal like soft butter then they are done.
• When at room temperature remove the skin and mash the pulp.
• Chop the onions, tomatoes and green chilli.
• Heat oil(preferably mustard oil) in a kadahi(wok) and add chopped onions. Sauté until they are pink. Do not brown them.Then add chopped ginger, garlic, chopped green chilli and stir.
• After about 1/2 a minute add the tomatoes and the salt(adding salt with the tomatoes softens the tomatoes faster and thus makes cooking easier)When the tomatoes are done(oil seperates from them)add all the powders except for the garam masala powder and cook for another 1/2 a minute.
• Now add the mashed brinjals. After this point not much cooking is required. Cook for about 1/2 to 1 minute and finally add the garam masala and chopped corriander leaves.
• Serve immediately with roti, paraatha, naan, pitta bread, or even on a toast! We love it on a crunchy toast - irresistable, I tell you!