In my opinion eggplants or brinjal divides people into two kinds first who genuinely & completely hate anything cooked using eggplants And the second who absolutely love anything cooked using eggplants. I’m obviously the later one! A absolute eggplant lover & love all dishes made with them.
Sharing here is one of my most favorite and unique & healthy recipe off roasted eggplant
Let me know how you like it
Roasted Eggplan in Yogurt sauce / वांग्याचं दह्यातलं भरीत
- Oven Or Gas grill
- 1 no. large purple eggplant
- 1 cup Yogurt
- 1 no small onion chopped
- 1/4 Tbsp Metkut
- 1/4 Tbsp Peanut Powder
- 1/2 Tbsp Oil
- 2 Nos Sandagi Mirchi
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida (Hing)
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 salt & sugar (to taste)
Make slits on the side of eggplant and brush cooking oil on all sides of it.
Line a baking tray with aluminium foil and set the eggplant on it
Broil the eggplant for 20 min on one side then turn over and broil for 10 min
If you are grilling the eggplant on flame or grill just roast it till the sides are charred
Once the sides are all burnt take it out on a plate and let it cool down
Mash the eggplant well
Mix in onions, metkut, peanut powder,salt,sugar and yogurt
Heat oil in the tadaka plan and add mustard seeds , cumin seeds ,hing, sandagi mirchi in the oil
Once fried, pour the tadka on eggplant mixture.
Bharit is ready
- If you don’t have Metkut, you can skip it but it indeed gives a great flavor
- If you don’t have sandagi mirchi, use regular red chillies