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Indian Recipe and Meal Ideas
Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Badshahi Baigan

An eggplant preparation cooked in spicy gravy. Adds perfect taste to those spicy glands.
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 300 g. brinjals
  • 1 cup curd
  • 2 large onions, chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 tsp. chilli powder
  • 2 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 tsp. coriander powder
  • 1 tsp. garam masala powder
  • 1 tsp.coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
  • 1/4 tsp. cummin powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/4 cup ghee
  • For the garnish:
  • 1 onion - sliced
  • 1 tbsp. cashewnuts
  • 1 tbsp. raisins



Method:


1. Cut brinjals into 2.5 cm. thick slices.
2. Smear with salt and keep aside for 10 minutes.
3. Wash and squeeze dry.
4. Heat ghee, fry cashewnuts, raisins and sliced onion till golden brown. 5. Remove from ghee and keep aside. 6. Fry the
brinjals in the same ghee till tender. Remove.
7.In the remaining ghee fry the chopped onions till transparent. 8. Add all the dry spices, ginger-garlic paste and chopped
tomatoes and saute till the ghee floats on top.
9. Add curd, coriander leaves and salt. 10. Stir well. 11. Cook till the gravy thickens. 12. Add fried brinjals to the gravy and
simmer for two minutes. 13. Sprinkle the garnish on top. 14. Serve hot with rice or parathas.


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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

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