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Dahi Baingana

Traditional dish with medium-sized bainganas, panch puran, red chiles.

Dahi Baingana
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Ingredients

  • 2 bainganas
  • to taste oil
  • to taste panch puran
  • 2 indian red chiles
  • 10 curry leaves
  • 2 tbsp dahi
  • 250 ml water
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • to taste salt

Steps

  1. Cut the eggplant into thin slices, lengthwise.
  2. Deep fry in oil.
  3. Keep aside.
  4. Mix the dahi with water.
  5. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan.
  6. Add the panch puran and red chili.
  7. Cook until the spices splutter.
  8. Add the dahi-water mix, salt to taste, and sugar.
  9. Stir properly and make a gravy.
  10. Add the fried eggplant to the gravy.
  11. Lower the flame.
  12. Heat it for 2–3 minutes.
  13. Leave it to cool.
  14. Serve with rice.

Adapted from “Dahi Baingana”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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