Baked Baingan
by hubby

Baked brinjal are a baked vegetable dish with the brinjal or eggplants slit and then filled with a spicy mixture before placing them in baking dish. The stuffed brinjal are tied with a rope and then roasted till done and delicious.

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Baked Baingan recipe - How to make Baked Baingan

1 brinjal (baingan / eggplant)
100 gms grated processed cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1 finely chopped tomato
1/2 thinly sliced capsicum
1 chopped green chillies
1/2 cup chopped coriander (dhania) leaves
oil for cooking
salt to taste
1 tsp coriander (dhania) powder
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1/2 tsp garam masala

Method

Slice the brinjal horizontally into equal slices.
Apply salt over it and keep aside for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the onions, tomato, green pepper,green chillies,coriander leaves and the spices in a bowl and mix well.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add the baingan and saute from one side.
Grease a baking dish and put the slices of baingan with their brown fried side on the bottom.
Put the vegetable mixture on top of each slice and top it up with cheese.
Repeat till layers of baingain with the mixture fill up the whole dish.
Bake it for 20 minutes on 250 degree celsius.
Serve hot with chappatis,paranthas or rice curry.