Baigan ka bharta is a North Indian recipe,it’s done by roasting eggplant,tomato and green chili.This recipe is the way my mother makes, simple one without any Masala added.We prefer eating it the traditional way…Thats chokha for you preferably eaten with litti or bhauri.This is UP cuisine and common in every household
Lets see what goes in making this recipe
Ingredients
1 large eggplant(baigan)
1 onion (medium)
2 tomatoes
5-6 green chili
5-6 garlic cloves
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
2 tsp spring onions(chopped only greens)
3 to 4 tsp mustard oil
salt as per taste
2 potato(boiled and mashed)
Method
Apply some oil on the eggplant,make slits on the eggplant 3 to 4,now stuff the garlics in the split and roast it on a wire rack or net on open flame,keep turning it so that baigan cooks from all sides well.
Remember the flame should be low
By applying oil on the eggplant,cooking becomes fast
once the eggplant is soft and the size shrinks that means its done
Make slits on the tomatoes and green chili as well
on the same rack roast them as well,till colour changes to little black
Once the eggplant,tomatoes have cooled down,peel the skin and keep aside
mash the tomatoes,eggplant,garlic,green chili,potatoes
chop the onions and spring onions(greens)
in a big bowl,take mashed eggplant,garlic,tomatoes,potatoes,green chili,onions,spring onions(green)coriander leaves,mustard oil and salt
mix it very nicely,you can get the roasted smell of the chokha
NOTE;I have used some fresh garlic leaves also(roasted)with the pod
Serve it with bajre ki roti or bhauri
Purvanchal Tadka 