Bagara Baingan/Hyderabadi Bagara Baingan - Andhra Pradesh Delicacy

 

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Today is the day1 and the state in Andhra Pradesh which is quiet famous for spicy foods,pickles and powders.As this state cultivates lots of chillies the influence will be in their food culture.
The city of Hyderabad  is ruled by the Muslim Nizams,lots of rich and royal dishes such as dum biriyani,double ka meetha,kubhani ka meetha are very famous in this state.
The traditional vegetarian Andhra Bhojam includes rice,podi,dal,pulusu,veppudu,kura,saaru,pachadi and pickle.

Coming to today's recipe is Bagara Baingan, a very famous curry in Andhra cuisine often served as an accompaniment for biriyanis and rotis.

Basic Information
Preparation Time ~ 15 minutes
Cooking Time ~ 25 minutes
Serves ~ 3

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Small round eggplant/kathirikkai	7-8
Onion(finely chopped)	1(medium size)
Garam Masala powder	1//4tsp
Tamarind/puli	small lemon size
Salt	11/2 tsp
Oil	3 tbs
Curry leaves/karivepillai	1 sprig
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	for garnishing
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/4 tsp

To roast and grind

Ingredient	Quantity
Peanuts/verkadalai	3 tbs
Coriander powder/dhaniya podi	1 tbs
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2 tsp
Coconut(grated)	2 tbs
Dried Red chilly/varamilagai	5-6
Sesame seeds/yellu	1 tbs

For the tempering

Ingredient	Quantity
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2tsp
Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam	1/8tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch

Method

• Heat the pan and roast the peanuts,cumin seeds and red chilly to a golden color or till a nice aroma comes out.Now add the grated coconut and fry it till golden,finally add the sesame seeds and fry it.Put off the flame,add the coriander powder and mix it well.Grind it to a bit coarse paste with water,extract the tamarind and keep it aside.

• Now trim the stalk of the eggplants and make slits on it.Now heat a pan add around 2 tsp of oil and fry the egg plants in a medium flame till it gets tender.Set it aside.

• In another pan heat the remaining oil and crackle the cumin and fenugreek seeds,add the curry leaves.Add the chopped onion and saute it till it becomes transparent.Add the ginger and garlic paste and fry it for a minute.

• Add the tamarind water and let it boil for a minute,now add the ground paste and mix it well.Add around a cup of water and let the mixture boils in a medium flame for 5 minutes.

• Add the eggplants and let it simmer for another 5 minutes and the mixture gets thick.Stir in between couple of times.

• Finally sprinkle the chopped coriander leaves and garam masala powder,put off the flame.

Bagara Baingan is ready.

Serve it with rice,biriyani or roti.

Enjoy..................................................................

• Instead of coriander powder,whole coriander can be roasted and used.
• Use even sized brinjals/eggplants to get cooked well.
• After adding the ground paste mix it well otherwise it may stick to the bottom.

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