Baingan Bharta - Smoked Eggplant Mash - Vegetarian Recipe By Ruchi Bharani

Ingredients:

1 Eggplant

1 Finely Chopped Onions

1 Finely Chopped Tomatoes

Coriander leaves

2 Tbsp Oil

1/2 Cup Boiled Green Peas

1/4 tsp Asafoetida

1/4 tsp Turmeric

1/2 tsp Garam Masala

1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds

Salt

1 tsp Coriander & Cumin Seeds

2 Green Chilies Chopped

1/2 tsp Red Chilly Powder

1 tsp Ginger Paste

4 Cloves Garlic

Method

: - Make slits in the eggplant and insert the garlic cloves in it

- On medium Flame, put the eggplant and roast it and keep turning it slowly over time to time till everything is nicely roasted, Soft and cooked.

- Once its cooked, put the eggplant in a bowl and cover the bowl with clean wraps

- Meanwhile in a heated pan, put some oil.

- Add cumin seeds to it & let it crackle

- Add onions and ginger paste and saute it till its nice and cooked

- Add tomatoes and green chilies and mix everything well

- Add asafoetida, turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander and cumin seed powder, red chilly powder, salt and mix everything well.

- While its cooking, remove the wrap from the bowl and remove the burnt skin from eggplant and mash it well.

- Add the eggplant mash to the tomato mixture.

- Add the boiled green peas and coriander leaves and mix everything well

- Add 1/2 cup water and salt so that everything cooks well and the dish is ready to be served