Baingan Gobi Masala

This is an awesome recipe with Cauliflower and eggplant. The thick gravy which the eggplant creates for this curry is super delicious. I made it spicy as I was not serving it to kids. They had their own favorite Tandoori Gobi

Baingan Gobi Masala (Eggplant and Cauliflower curry)

Baingan Cauliflower masala

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium small onion chopped fine
2. 1 medium small American eggplant, peeled and cubed into small cubes
3. 1 tomato finely chopped
4. 1 medium small cauliflower cut into small florets
5. 1 teaspoon each of ginger garlic paste, salt, pav bhaji masala
6. 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
7. 2 green chillies sliced
8. 2 tablespoons oil

In a pan heat the oil and add onions and eggplant and 1/2 salt and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add cauliflower, tomato and the rest of the ingredients and cover and cook for 15 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy with hot roti or rice

Roasted eggplant with Chickpeas

Roasted eggplant with Chickpeas

Chickpeas with Eggplant

Ingredients:

1. 1 American eggplant
2. 1 medium small onion chopped fine
3. 1 can chickpeas drained and rinsed
4. ½ teaspoon each of salt, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, amchur (dried mango powder) or ½ table spoon lemon juice
5. ¼ cup yogurt beaten
6. 1 tablespoon oil
7. Handful of chopped cilantro

Cut the eggplant length wise and roast it on the open flame of the stove. If you do not have a flame stove, roast the egg plant with some oil brushed on the cut side at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Let it cool a bit and peel the skin off and chop the eggplant into small pieces

Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions till they start turning brown. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add the egg plant and all the spices and mix well and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add the chickpeas and the beaten yogurt cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Garnish with a handful of chopped cilantro and enjoy with rice or roti

Baingan bharta rice

In this world there are two types of people: who love eggplant and those who hate eggplant. Me and my Big B used to be the people in the second group, but one day mom sent us to buy eggplants and that was the day we tried it and shifted to the first group.

So basically I love eggplant

This rice dish with eggplant is one of those dishes which will warm you up from inside. This is a great dish when it is cold and gloomy outside

Baingan bharta rice (creamy Rice with roasted eggplant and tomatoes)

Baingan bharta rice

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium sized American eggplant
2. 2 cups rice
3. 2 medium large tomatoes chopped
4. 1 cup chopped onion
5. 1 teaspoon each of salt, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, coriander powder
6. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin powder, turmeric powder, garam masala
7. 1 tablespoon oil

Cut the eggplant into half length wise. Roast it over the stove flame (if your stove is gas) until the skin starts to wilt. Else roast in the oven at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes. Scrape the flesh of the roasted eggplant once it cools down.

In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions till they start turning brown. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add the tomatoes and all the spices, stir to combine. Cover and cook till the tomatoes got pulpy. Add the roasted eggplant pulp and stir well. Add 4 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add rice and cover and coo for 20-25 minutes or until rice is done. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy

Besan Roti Achari Baingan aur Lehsuni Chutney

Today was a day of shopping for me. I spent quite a lot of money today and after coming home in the evening, the age old question question awaited me...whats for dinner??? Hence the search began for some recipes with Baingan...the King of vegetables...Eggplant. I found these recipes on a Pakistani website and I searched and searched and searched...all those websites had videos of 30-50 minutes long. I just wanted a recipe. Didn't want to watch all the blabber
             But anyway I got the recipe from different places and it turned out great. So the recipe for today's dinner is as follows

Besan Roti (Indian bread with Chick peas flour)

Besan Roti

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups Besan (Chick Peas flour)
2. 2 cups whole wheat flour
3. 1 teaspoon salt
4. 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
5. 1/2 teaspoon chilly flakes
6. 1/2 teaspoon cumin

Sift both the flours with salt and mix all the other ingredients into a dough with about 1 cup water. Apply a little oil to your palm and roll the dough to apply oil all around. Set aside for 20-30 minutes. Divide into 8-10 parts and roll into roti and fry on a hard griddle till dark spots appear on the roti. Apply little ghee on both sides and serve hot

Achari Baingan (Eggplant in Indian Pickle Spices)

Achari Baingan

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium sized American Eggplant cubed
2. 1 medium small onion cubed
3. 1 teaspoon each of mustard seeds, cumin, fennel seeds, fenugreek (Methi) seeds, Onion seeds (Kalonji), Coriander seeds or coriander powder
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of turmeric, chilly powder, salt
5. 2 tablespoons oil
6. 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
7. 1 tablespoon white vinegar
8. 2-3 dried red chillies

Heat oil in a Kadhai or wok and add the red chillies and fry for a minute. Add the onions and fry for 2-4 minutes until they start changing color. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add the eggplant and fry for 5 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients except vinegar and stir to combine. Fry for a couple of minutes. Add about 1/2-3/4 cup water and cook covered for 15-20 minutes until eggplant gets cooked thoroughly. Garnish with cilantro and vinegar and stir to combine. Serve with besan roti

Lehsuni Chutney (Garlic yogurt dip)

Lahsun ka Chutney

Ingredients:

1. 1 whole garlic peeled
2. 3/4-1 cup plain whole milk yogurt
3. 1/2 teaspoon cumin toasted
4. 1/2 teaspoon chilly flakes
5. 1/2 teaspoon salt
6. 2-3 teaspoons lemon juice

Blend everything to a smooth paste. Serve chilled