Vaquas- Hi everyone, I’m back with a new recipe. It’s Khatte Baigan (Tangy eggplants). I can’t tell you how special is this to me. My mom used to make this exactly this way. This is another recipe that has my whole childhood stored. Khatte Baigan is a tangy recipe the tomatoes and spices infused give your tastebuds a ride of their life. Khatte Baigan is an Indian dish. In India, it’s made throughout India. Everybody has a different way of making this dish. I’m going to share how it’s made in my family.
Khatte Baigan (tangy eggplants) is a vegetarian curry. The masala infused eggplant baked on broil, Then throw together in a tomato based curry to give your tastebuds a tangy flavor. This dish is a perfect dish for all the vegetarian and a real treat for the non-vegetarian. Khatte Baigan is a Kashmiri dish. It goes back to 1500s a war broke out to invade India. Taimur and his men brought their cooking and unique flavors to India, and Khatte Baigan is one of them.
Make cross slit marks on egg plants. Fill a large bowl with salt and water, place the slitted eggplants in it. Keep it for 20 minutes. Combine the stuffing paste ingredients and make a paste. Grill the eggplants. Preheat the oven on 475 broil. Let it broil and set aside. In a wok add olive oil let it heat up. Next add in whole spices. Next add in onion until it’s translucent. Add the serrano peppers and sauté it. Now add tomatoes and mix them well. Add in the ginger and garlic. When the consistency is like a gravy then add in powder spices half of the fenugreek leaves and half of the cilantro. Cover the wok or the pot for 5 minutes. Add some water, and cover it. Uncover it and place the broil eggplants in the wok with your gravy. Garnish with cilantro and fenugreek leaves.
The eggplants that should be used in this recipe are the baby egg plants. That would work best with this recipe. I have never tried them with big eggplants. However, if you try do let me know how you like it.
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