Eggplant Curry (Baingan Bharta)
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
2
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Ingredients for - Eggplant Curry (Baingan Bharta)

1. Eggplant - 1 medium
2. Garlic, peeled, or more to taste - 8 cloves
3. Vegetable oil, or more as needed - 2 tablespoons
4. Onions, thinly sliced - 2 medium
5. Tomato, chopped - 1
6. Red chile powder - ½ teaspoon
7. Salt to taste - ½ teaspoon
8. Plain yogurt, room temperature - 2 tablespoons
9. Indian thin green chile peppers, sliced lenghwise - 2
10. Mint leaves, or to taste - 3
11. Salt to taste - 3

How to cook deliciously - Eggplant Curry (Baingan Bharta)

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

2. Stage

Make slits in the eggplant using a knife; insert garlic cloves into slits. Place eggplant in a baking dish.

3. Stage

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 1 minute. Add tomatoes and cook until onion is softened, about 2 minutes more. Add chile powder and salt and cook until onions are completely soft, 3 to 5 minutes more.

4. Stage

Bake eggplant in the preheated oven until soft enough to peel and mash, 15 to 20 minutes. Peel eggplant and place in a bowl. Mash eggplant and garlic to a paste with no large lumps.

5. Stage

Add mashed eggplant to the skillet with the tomato mixture. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Add yogurt and mix well. Cover skillet and simmer 5 minutes more; excess oil should appear at the bottom.

6. Stage

Add green chiles and mint leaves to the skillet and increase heat to high. Cook until excess liquid has cooked off, 4 to 5 minutes.