Bhaingan Bharta

INGREDIENTS :

Big Brinjal - 1

Onions – 2 med sized finely chopped

Tomatoes – 3 med sized finely chopped

Green chilles – 2 (slit)

Ginger – ½ inch piece

Garlic  – 4 cloves

Turmeric powder – 1 teaspoon

Jeera – 2 tsp

Oil – 4 tsp

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves finely chopped for garnishing

Method : 

Wash and dry brinjal. Grease the brinjal with gingely oil completely and put in on stove on medium flame. Turn sides so that its completely burnt on all sides uniformly. Check if its cooked by using a fork. Grind it to paste and keep aside.

Heat the pan (Small pressure cooker) add oil, add jeera and let it splutter. Add finely chopped onions, slit green chillies and turmeric powder, sauté for a while. Add ginger garlic (Pounded and not the paste) to it. Fry well and now add tomatoes and mix all well. Close it with the lid for a while. Open the pan and now tomatoes and onions would be cooked well. Add the brinjal paste to it and half a glass of water and salt to taste and mix well. Close the pan for a while and when steam comes put the weight and give it a whistle. Open the cooker once it cools and transfer to your serving bowl and add coriander leaves and serve hot with phulka’s or Jeera pulav J