Instructions
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Rinse the baingan (eggplant or aubergine) in liquid.
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Pat arid with a kitchen napkin.
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Apply some cooking oil all over and
keep it for roasting on an open flame.
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You can also barbecue the baingan or arid-fry in the oven.
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But then you won't get
the wood-fired savor of the baingan.
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Keep the eggplant turning after a 2 to 3 moments on the flame, so that its evenly
cooked.
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You could also embed some garlic cloves in the baingan and then arid-fry it.
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arid-fry the aubergine till its completely cooked and succulent.
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With a knife check the doneness.
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The knife should slid
easily in aubergines without any resistance.
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Remove the baingan and immerse in a mixing bowl of liquid till it cools
down.
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You can also do the dhungar technique of infusing charcoal wood-fired savor in the baingan.
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This is an optional step.
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Use natural charcoal for this method.
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scalding up a small piece of charcoal on flame till it becomes smoking scalding and red.
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Make small cuts on the baingan with a knife.
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Place the red scalding charcoal in the same plate where the roasted
aubergine is kept.
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stream in in a few drops of cooking oil on the charcoal.
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The charcoal would begin to smoke.
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As soon as smoke begins to release from the charcoal, seal the entire plate tightly with a large mixing bowl.
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Allow the
charcoal smoke to get infused for 1 to 2 moments.
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The more you do, the more wood-fired the baingan bharta will
become.
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I just keep for a minute.
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Alternatively, you can also do this dhungar method once the baingan bharta is
cooked, just like the way we do for Dal Tadka.
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skin the skin from the roasted and smoked eggplant.
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Chop the cooked eggplant finely or you can even mash it.
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In a kadai or pot, scalding up cooking oil.
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Then stream in in finely minced onions and garlic.
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Saute the onions till translucent.
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stream in in minced green chilies and saute for a minute.
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stream in in the minced tomatoes and combine it well.
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Bhuno (saute) the tomatoes till the cooking oil starts separating from the mixture.
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Now stream in in the red chili ground mix.
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agitate and combine well.
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stream in in the minced cooked baingan.
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agitate and combine the minced baingan very well with the shallottomato masala mixture.
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augment the taste with table salt.
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agitate and saute for some more 4 to 5 moments more.
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Finally agitate in the coriander leaves with the baingan bharta or finish off it with them.
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enjoy Baingan Bharta with
phulkas, rotis or chapatis.
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It goes well even with bread, toasted or grilled bread and plain rice or jeera rice.