How to Make Baingan ka Bharta - Pakistani baba ganoush in 21 Minutes at Home

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An ultimate healthy recipe.enjoy and teach your kids as well in lock down. Baingan ka Bhurta, a dish similar to Baba ghanoush is one of the popular dishes from the Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi cuisines. Some of the popular and typically used eggplant dishes used as a side dish or appetizer are: Baingan ka bartha - made in the regions of Punjab, Maharashtra, Bihar.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baingan ka bharta - pakistani baba ganoush using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baingan ka Bharta - Pakistani baba ganoush:

1. Make ready 250 grams Aubergine Roasted (Baingan) – (without skin – see the photos.)
2. Get 4 tbsps Oil -
3. Prepare 1 cup Tomatoes – finely chopped
4. Take 1 cup Onions – finely chopped
5. Take 1 chilies Green – medium chopped (mild)
6. Make ready 1 tsp Cumin seeds – (lightly crushed in a pestle mortar)
7. Make ready 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds (Methi danay) –
8. Make ready 2 chilies Dried red – whole -
9. Get ½ tsp chili powder Red –
10. Make ready ½ tsp Cumin Powder –
11. Get ¼ tsp Turmeric –
12. Make ready 1 tsp Salt – (adjust later if needed)
13. Make ready ½ Lemon lemon – Juice for (optional)

Baingan Bharta is basically fire roasted eggplant mash cooked with spices. In a way it tasted a lot like baba ganoush minus the tahini and olive oil. It used to be favorite until I was introduced to this Punjabi version. Hey, i have tried baingan ka bartha with cooked basmati rice and it was amazing.

Instructions to make Baingan ka Bharta - Pakistani baba ganoush:

1. Roast the whole aubergines in an oven for 45 mins at 180 degrees. Put them in water for 5 mins while hot. It will loosen the skin and make the flesh easily removable from the skin. Open the aubergine with your hand & scrap the pulp with a spoon. See the photos. Any Turkish grocer will have roasted aubergines sold in a bottle. You can use those as well.
2. In a pan heat the oil. Add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds,whole red chilies and cook for about a minute on medium to high heat. Let them crackle.
3. Add chopped onions and saute for another minute. Do not brown them.
4. Now add chopped tomatoes and cook for 3-5 mins. Add a splash of water to loosen the tomatoes.
5. Add salt, chili powder and cumin powder. Cook for a minute more. Don’t let it burn.
6. Add the roasted (mashed) aubergines. Mix and cook on high heat for 2-3 minutes.
7. Now reduce the heat to low, add half of chopped chilies and cover with a lid. Let it cook for 20 mins.
8. Once the oil comes out on the sides in the pan, garnish with fresh chopped coriander and chopped chilies. Serve hot. You can add a bit of lemon juice on the top if you like.

Baba ghanoush, also spelled baba ganoush or baba ghanouj, is a Levantine appetizer of mashed cooked eggplant mixed with tahini (made from sesame seeds), olive oil, possibly lemon juice. Punjabi baingan bharta is easy to make and has a delicious smoky flavor from the roasted eggplant. Punjabi baingan ka bharta requires that the eggplant is roasted. This can be done in several different ways. The first is to roast it on a gas cooktop by just placing the eggplant straight on.

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