Ingredients

• 2 large - Eggplants (baingan)
• 1 - Large Onion chopped
• 1 - Large Tomato chopped
• 2-3 - Medium cloves of Garlic
• Half inch piece - Ginger
• salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp - Turmeric Powder
• 1 tsp - Chilli Powder
• 1.5 tsp - Coriander-Cumins powder
• 1/4 tsp - Garam Masala
• 2-3 tbsp - Oil

How to Make Spicy Baingan Bhartha

• Wash baingan and pressure cook with a little water.
• When cool, peel the skin, remove the seeds and mash it lightly with a spoon.
• Make a paste of ginger-garlic and keep aside.
• Heat oil, add onions and fry till golden brown.
• Add the tomatoes and fry it till it becomes soft almost like a gravy.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste and the masalas as well as salt.
• Mix well and fry again till oil separates.
• Add the mashed baingan, mix it well and once again fry on medium flame till oil floats on top.
• Serve hot with chapattis or paranthas.
• Also goes well with bajra roti.