Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, palak baingan bharta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Baingan Bharta is a very popular item on a Punjabi platter. It is a very delicious side dish to be enjoyed with chapattis or tandoori roti. But today I prepared the same old Baingan Bharta with a twist, in a South Indian Style and along with some chopped spinach.
Palak Baingan Bharta is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Palak Baingan Bharta is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have palak baingan bharta using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Baingan Bharta:
- Take 1 large Eggplant (The ones meant for Bhartas)
- Prepare 1-2 bunches spinach, chopped along with the stems
- Make ready 2 tbsp. oil
- Prepare 1 tsp. mustard seeds
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
- Make ready 1/4 tsp. asafoetida
- Make ready 1 sprig curry leaves
- Make ready 1 large onion, chopped
- Take 1 tsp. ginger, chopped finely
- Make ready 1 tsp. garlic, chopped finely
- Prepare 1-2 green chilies, chopped
- Get to taste salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- Get 1 tsp. red chilli powder
- Get 1 tbsp. coriander-cumin powder (dry roasted & ground)
- Take 1 tsp. sambar powder
- Get sliced onion, coriander leaves, sliced ginger & fresh chilies to garnish (opt)
If we talk about northern part of India, one of the most popular dishes is baigan ka bharta. A spicy baingan ka bharta can take you down the memory lanes at any time of the day (barring the ones allergic to this vegetable). Bharta, or chokha, is the Hindi word for "mash". You take the boiled ingredients, mash and cook them together.
Steps to make Palak Baingan Bharta:
- Slit the eggplant into half but let it remain intact. Apply few drops of oil all over it as this helps to peel the skin off easily. Roast on an open flame till the skin is charred. Cool and peel the skin off. Mash well and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and temper with the mustard seeds. After it stops spluttering, add the asafoetida and cumin seeds. Saute for a few seconds. Add onion, ginger, garlic, green chilies & curry leaves. Saute till light brown.
- Add the spinach and all the powdered spices. Cook on a medium flame till the moisture has evaporated.
- Add the mashed eggplant. Mix well and saute for two minutes.
- Serve, garnished with sliced onion, ginger julienne, fresh chilies & coriander leaves.
The usual baingan bharta (or eggplant mash) is prepared with a generous dose of onions. This recipe is a case in point that a nice baingan bharta sans onions can taste delicious. The Baingan Ka Chokha Recipe is a delicious Smoked & Spiced Eggplant dish that is a very popular recipe from Bihari cuisine. It is often made during winters in bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand region and served along with Litti, which is a spiced crisp spread made from wheat flour and sattu atta. The combination of the dish is called Litti Choka.
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