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Achaari Baingan

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Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

Masala

  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • ½ tsp Nigella Seeds
  • ½ tsp Fennel Seeds
  • ½ tsp Mustard Seeds
  • ½ tsp Fenugreek Seeds
  • 8-10 Garlic Cloves crushed
  • 1 inch Ginger crushed

Tomato Puree

  • 3 Tomatoes roughly chopped

Brinjal

  • 6 Small Eggplant
  • 1 tsp Oil

Aachari Baingan

  • 2-3 tbsp Oil for gravy
  • ¼ tsp Asafoetida
  • ½ tsp Mustard Seeds
  • ½ tsp Fennel Seeds
  • ½ tsp Nigella Seeds
  • Crushed Ginger Garlic
  • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • Tomato Puree
  • 2 Dry Red Chillies
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
  • 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • Fried Brinjal
  • Salt
  • ½ cup Water

Instructions
 

Masala

  • Heat pan at medium low heat. Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, nigella seeds, fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds.
  • Roast them for few minutes till you get nice roasted aroma.
  • Transfer them in a bowl and let them cool town.
  • Once cool make coarse power and keep it aside.

Tomato Puree

  • In a grinder add tomatoes and grind to make paste of it and keep it aside.

Brinjal

  • Cross slit brinjal or baingan so that their stems remain intact and apply little salt inside it.
  • In a pan add oil and add slit brinjals in it and sprinkle some oil from the top as well.
  • Lower the flame, flip the brinjal, cover and cook till half done.
  • Once half cooked remove it and keep it aside.

Aachari Baingan

  • In the same pan add oil next add mustard seeds, fennel seeds, and kalongi.
  • Now add ginger garlic paste, sauté it till aroma comes.
  • Now add the grounded powder, turmeric powder and mix it nicely.
  • Next add tomato puree, dry red chillies and mix well.
  • Cover and cook till the mixture releases oil while stirring in between.
  • Next add coriander powder, red chilli powder and mix well.
  • Now add eggplants/ brinjal mix everything and cook eggplants in achari masala for 3-4 minutes.
  • Stir them couple of times so that masala do not get stick to the bottom.
  • After almost 5 minutes add water and mix everything.
  • Lower the flame cover and let them cook for 2 minutes.
  • After 2 minutes turn off the heat and serve.

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