Baingan Bharta Spicy Roasted Eggplant With Tomatoes Cilantro Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Oil rimmed baking sheet; place eggplant halves, cut side down, on sheet.
• Roast eggplant until flesh is soft, about 1 hour.
• Cool slightly.
• Using spoon, scoop pulp from eggplant halves into medium bowl and mash.
• Discard skins.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onions and sauté until golden brown, for about 6 minutes.
• Add ginger and stir for 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes and next 4 ingredients. Sauté for 5 minutes to blend flavors.
• Add eggplant and stir until slightly thickened (about 5 minutes).
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in cilantro.
• Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Line a baking sheet with foil. Make 3 slashes in each eggplant, from top to tail, equally distanced around the eggplant. Rub the eggplants with a little peanut oil. Sit them on the baking sheet and roast until soft all the way to the center and the skin is brown, about 45 minutes, rotating the pan and flipping the eggplants halfway through. Remove from the oven and cool.
• Once cool, skin the eggplant. Chop the flesh until it's relatively smooth but not mushy.
• In a large skillet, warm the peanut oil over medium-high heat. Once the oil is shimmering, add the onion and saute until it turns golden brown. Add the eggplant flesh, garlic, chile and cilantro leaves. Cook 2 minutes. Add a splash of water if it begins to stick.
• Add the turmeric, cumin, and 2 teaspoons of salt. Stir and cook another 5 minutes.
• Turn off the heat. Add the yogurt and stir to combine. Taste for seasoning, and garnish with cilantro leaves and a sprinkle of ground cumin. Serve either warm or slightly chilled.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Oil rimmed baking sheet; place eggplant halves, cut side down, on sheet. Roast eggplant until flesh is soft, about 1 hour. Cool slightly. Using spoon, scoop pulp from eggplant halves into medium bowl; mash. Discard skins.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and sauté until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Add ginger and stir 1 minute. Add tomatoes and next 4 ingredients; sauté 5 minutes to blend flavors. Add eggplant and stir until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm before serving.)

Steps:

• Place eggplant into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Boil until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, tomato, garlic, and ginger; cook and stir until onions have softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Mash eggplant with a fork; add it to the skillet along with garam masala, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, coriander, chili powder, and turmeric. Cook and stir until liquid evaporates, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Garnish with cilantro sprig.

Steps:

• Wash the baingan, wipe dry it.
• Apply little oil on its surface all around and roast it over the flame, turning around on the fire, till whole of its outer surface turns blackish and flaky.
• Peel off the burnt skin of the roasted baingan.
• Add onion, ginger, garlic, dhania patta, salt, and uncooked mustard oil.
• Mash everything well, leaving no lumps of unmashed baingan.
• Pickle masala esp.
• mango or red chilly pickle masala is also added to this bharta to enhance the taste.
• Serve with daal-rice, khichdi or stuffed parathas.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Place eggplant on a medium baking sheet. Bake 20 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until tender. Remove from heat, cool, peel, and chop.
• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Mix in cumin seeds and onion. Cook and stir until onion is tender.
• Mix ginger garlic paste, curry powder, and tomato into the saucepan, and cook about 1 minute. Stir in yogurt. Mix in eggplant and jalapeno pepper, and season with salt. Cover, and cook 10 minutes over high heat. Remove cover, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking about 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro to serve.