Dahi Baingan
Brinjals are cooked in curd base gravy. This easy and quick dish goes well with rice or chapati as main course or as a side dish.
Servings: 4 People
Calories: 210kcal
Ingredients
- 250 gms eggplants/ brinjal/ baingan
- 1 cup curd
- 2 tbsp refined oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 2 green chillies
- 8 - 10 curry leaves
- ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp hing
- 2 tbsp gram flour or besan
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Wash and clean brinjals.
- Slice into long pieces.
- Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry them till it's soft and turns brown.
- Remove from oil once done completely.
- In the same pan add hing, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and let them splutter.
- Add curry leaves and ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute.
- Now add chopped onions.
- Saute till it turns translucent.
- Add gram flour and other spices and saute till gram flour is fragrant.
- Now add beaten curd and mixture of ½ curd water slowly and gradually.
- Keep stirring continuously to avoid lumps in gravy.
- Once it starts boiling, add fried brinjals and simmer for 3 - 5 minutes.
- Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
Nutrition
Calories: 210kcal