Bagara Baingan
Ingredients
Sesame Seeds (Til) - 2 Tablespoon (fry them and grind them into powder)
Peanuts - 1 Handful (fry them and grind them into powder)
Cumin seeds (Jilkar) - 1 Teaspoon (fry them and grind them into powder, Add this at last)
Methi seeds - 1 pinch (powder)
Baingan (Brinjal) - 4 - 5
Onion - 1 Big
Tamarind - small lemon size. (Soaked in little water)
Mint (Pudhina) - Few leaves (Handful)
Green Chillies - 4 - 5 (depending on your taste)
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 teaspoon
Method:
- Fry separately Sesame seeds, Peanuts, Cumin seeds and Methi
seeds and grind them separately into powder.
- Now cut onion into small pieces and green chillies into two
half's.
- Take a pan, pour 3 teaspoons of oil and put green chillies
after 3 seconds put onions fry them well till it changes it colour to
Golden brown. Now put Mint and fry for few seconds and turn off the
stove.
- After it cools put them (3) in Grinder, add ginger garlic
paste, little turmeric powder (haldhi), red chilly powder, salt, Curry
powder 1/2 teaspoon and grind them into thick paste. If required add
little water. Remove it and keep it a side.
- Make 4 slits vertically for each Baingan (do not cut it completely)
- Keep them in microwave for 3 to 4 minutes and Remove them.
- Take a pan pour 2 tablespoon of oil and put Baingan and fry
them for few minutes.
- Then add the Grinded material (4) and mix well, see that baingan
does not break.
- When it is well cooked add Tamarind water (little bit concentrated), mix them and let it be cooked for 6-7 minutes.
- Now add Cumin powder and Methi powder and turn off the stove and
Garnish with Cilantro leaves.
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