Name: Dahi Baingan | Odia Dahi Baigana
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 250 gms brinjals; 250 gms hung curd; 5 - 6 tbsp oil to fry (Preferably mustard oil); 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 2 - 3 dry red chillies; 1/4 tsp asafoetida/ hing; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder ((optional)); 6 - 8 curry leaves; 1/2 tsp salt ((as per taste)); 1/2 tsp finely chopped ginger; 1 tbsp coriander leaves ((to garnish))

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This is an easy and quick side dish made in Odisha style. Simple delicacy takes only 15 minutes or less to make this recipe.

Dahi Baingan | Odia Dahi Baigana | Brinjals in Curd Gravy

This is one popular side dish or accompaniment from Odisha. In Kolkata, it's also one of the most loved foods. As the name says, it has two main ingredients: dahi (curd) and baingan (eggplants/ brinjal). This is very simple and easy to prepare. There are two ways to prepare this dahi baingan.

Method I

This dahi baingan takes less than 10 minutes to prepare. It is just like raita, in which the curd is not cooked. This is a no-flour dish since we are not adding flour to make the curd base thicker.

The only thing we need to do is marinate diced eggplant with salt, turmeric powder, and coriander powder and then shallow fry spiced brinjal pieces until cr

Then prepare whisked curd (thick) and add red chili powder and salt to this.

Add shallow fried brinjals to curd and mix gently.

Then, prepare a tempering of asafoetida, curry leaves, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, onions, green/red chilies, and ginger juliennes.

Pour this tempering into the curd and eggplant mixture.

Dahi baigana of Odisha — Flourless Dahi Baingan

Method II

First 2 steps are same.

Then heat oil, add spices, 1 tbsp gram flour and saute. Then add curd and stir continuously.

Then add fried brinjals to this. Dahi Baingan is ready.

At home, my mom typically makes it in 1st method described.

This is the easiest of all and is prepared with minimal ingredients. I have described it step by step. It won't take more than 10 minutes to prepare for 2 - 4 servings.

Dahi Baingan | Odia Dahi Baigana

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This is an easy and popular accompaniment of odia cuisine. Dahi baingan is prepared from shallow fried brinjals and curd base with tampering of spices (tadka)

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Resting time 5

Total Time 25

Course Side Dish

Cuisine East Indian, Indian, Odisha

Servings People

Ingredients

250 gms brinjals
250 gms hung curd
5 - 6 tbsp oil to fry Preferably mustard oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 - 3 dry red chillies
¼ tsp asafoetida/ hing
½ tsp red chilli powder (optional)
6 - 8 curry leaves
½ tsp salt (as per taste)
½ tsp finely chopped ginger
1 tbsp coriander leaves (to garnish)

Instructions

Wash and clean brinjals. Cut the crowns.
Chop into desired size like cubes or slices. I have made small sized cubes.
Marinate with salt and spices for 5 minutes
Heat oil in a pan.
Shallow fry brinjals till they are cooked and soft.
In a bowl take curd and beat to smooth with a whisk.
Season with salt. Pour in fried brinjals to the curd bowl.

Prepare Tampering

Heat oil in a pan. add mustard seeds and cumin seeds to splutter.
Add chopper ginger, red chilli, curry leaves and green chillies.
Saute for a minute.
Add hing, red chilli powder. Immediately turn off gas to avoid burning of spices.
Wait for 10 - 15 seconds letting it cool slightly before adding this tampering to the curd mixture.
Pour in the tampering to the mixture and mix well.