Baingan Bharta

Baingan Bharta is an Indian lunch dish made with brinjal/eggplant, onions, tomatoes, ginger-garlic and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.

Total time (approx.)
35 mins
Calories (estimate)
~150 kcal
Course
Lunch
Cuisine
Indian
diabetic-friendlygluten-freelow-carbvegan

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Baingan Bharta — Indian lunch dish served ready to eat

Ingredients

What goes into Baingan Bharta. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.

  • Brinjal/Eggplant
  • Onions
  • Tomatoes
  • Ginger-garlic
  • Green chilies
  • Coriander
  • Mustard oil

Method

  1. 1Roast brinjal on open flame until charred
  2. 2Peel and mash the pulp
  3. 3Sauté onions, ginger-garlic, green chilies
  4. 4Add tomatoes and cook until soft
  5. 5Add mashed brinjal, spices, cook for 10 minutes

About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.