Byangan ka bharta is a popular dish all over India.
It is basically roasting the eggplant or Brinjal and then mashing it. Now there are 2 ways to enjoy this bharta
1) Roast tomato,roast garlic and green chillies with some raw onions you can mash everything with mashed eggplant roughly and enjoy it with a drizzle of mustard oil
2) Or you temper oil with some condiments and veggies and enjoy like we did in this video 👇👇👇
Let’s start making Byangan ka bharta…in my style 👇👇👇
Type- Curry, side dish
Preparation time- 10-12 minutes
Cooking time- 18-20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 large eggplant 🍆 cut into half
- Oil for brushing and salt to season it
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 medium tomato chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 tbs ginger garlic paste (1/2 tbs ginger paste +1/2 tbs garlic paste)
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 2-3 green chillies chopped
- 1/4 th cup chopped coriander leaves or cilantro
Procedure:
- Cut the eggplant in half,leave for 15-20 minutes and it will allow the eggplant to leave the excess water
- Wipe off or pat dry the eggplant
- Brush with oil and season with salt on both sides
- Bake the eggplant in the air fryer for 6 minutes on 400F on one side and then take it out and again bake for 9-12 minutes on 400F
- Check if the centre is soft,of not bake for another 2-3 minutes
- Now take it out and scoop the centre and mashed it with a spoon
- In a pan heat 2 tbs oil on a medium flame and temper with 1 tsp cumin seeds,saute for 2-3 minutes
- Now add 1/2 cup chopped onions and again saute it for 3-4 minutes on a medium flame
- Then add 1 tbs ginger garlic paste and fry till aroma comes
- Add 1 tomato chopped and salt to taste
- When the tomatoes are almost soft add 1/2 turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder,1/2 tsp cumin powder and 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- Cook everything until oil separates
- Now when the oil separates add 2-3 chopped green chillies
- Saute for 2-3 minutes and add the mashed eggplant
- Keep on cooking until oil separates
- Now add 1/4 th cup chopped coriander leaves or cilantro and it’s done
We’ve added a step by step video of the recipe in our YouTube channel 👇👇👇
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