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Bagara Baingan ~ Stuffed Eggplant Curry

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Bagara Baingan ~ Stuffed Eggplant Curry

Bagara Baingan ~ Exotic eggplant at its best! One of my very favorite brinjal curry, the kind I’d
serve not only my loved ones but also my close friends and guests. The vibrant stuffing has a
rich unique flavor, spicy, tangy and nutty with a hint of sweetness and taste good on its own, the
kind you’d lick off the plate.

Brinjals with stuffing

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Bagara Baingan Recipe

Prep & Cooking: 45 mts

Serves: 4-5

Cuisine: Andhra

Ingredients:

1/4 kg purple brinjals, wash, make + quarters with stalk intact

small lemon sized tamarind, extract pulp

1 1/2 tbsps oil

1/4 tbsp grated jaggery (optional)

For stuffing:

1 tbsp dhania pwd

1 1/4 tbsp roasted peanuts

1 1/2 tbsps roasted til/nuvvulu

1/4 tsp methi pwd

1/2 tsp jeera pwd

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 large onion, chopped

1/4 tsp garam masala (elaichi, cinnamon, cardamom)

1 1/4 tsp red chilli pwd

salt to taste

For poppu/tadka/seasoning:

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

3 crushed garlic cloves

a sprig of curry leaves

1 Make a paste with all the stuffing ingredients. Make a + slit in each brinjal, place stuffing as
shown in the image above and keep aside.
2 Add oil in a vessel, add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add crushed garlic and curry
leaves and toss them for a few seconds till the flavors come out. Place the stuffed brinjals in the
oil and cook on medium high flame for 2 mts. Now, cover with lid and let them cook on medium
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low flame for 15 mts. Keep checking in between and stir fry to ensure the brinjals don’t burn or
stick to the pan.
3 Add the tamarind extract along with two cups of water and jaggery. Bring to a boil and reduce
flame. Place lid and cook over low flame for 15-18 mts. Remove lid and cook for another few
mts if it appears still watery. Let the brinjals cook till you achieve a thick gravy consistency. Turn
off heat.
4 Serve with rice or rotis.

Bagara Baingan with rice and rasam

Bagara Baingan ~ Stuffed Eggplant Curry Recipe

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Main Ingredients: eggplants brinjals baingan

Bagara Baingan ~ Stuffed Eggplant Curry Bagara Baingan ~ Exotic eggplant at its best! One of
my very favorite brinjal curry, the kind I’d serve not only my loved ones but also my close friends
and guests. The vibrant stuffing has a rich unique flavor, spicy, tangy and nutty with a hint of
sweetness and [...]

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By Sailu • Aug 12th, 2009 • Category: All Recipes, Andhra Recipes, Indian Curry Recipes, Indian Vegan
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Nicholas Galgoul

Is this also known as Baingan Burtha?

3 weeks ago Like Reply

ValarieG

Over the summer in Minnesota I saw such beautiful little eggplants that I searched for a
recipe worthy of them. This was the recipe I used and it was delightful. Thank you, thank
you, thank you!

3 months ago Like Reply

PhatMiles, PhatMiles

Absolutely wonderful recipe. I really liked the content. I tried the same with tindora
(dondakaya) also, where I just cut the tindora into 4 slices on the length and added the
stuffing paste. This turned out to be much easier.

1 year ago Like Reply

aruna

Hi,

Nice recipes.Thank you.

3 years ago Like Reply

Cecilia Cruz

Hi, I am Mexican, love u site, love the recipe and want to try at home. I need help with
terms. brinjals is this the little purple aubergines? dhania is this coriander seed in powder
form? what is this til/nuvvulu? garam masala (elaichi, cinnamon, cardamom) I guess this
is the one I can buy in supermarkets in England?

Cecilia

Yes, Cecilia, the little purple aubergines. Dhania is coriander seed pwd and till is white
sesame seeds. You are right on the garam masala as well. You can find them in the
Indian/Asian grocers, hopefully. Good luck and do let me know how it turned out. :)

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