Dum Ke Baingan

Name: Dum Ke Baingan
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 6 pieces Small Green Eggplant (6 Small Green brinjal (green aubergine) slit into four); 1 tsp Ground Turmeric (1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 1 piece Lemon (1 Lemon juice); 0 pieces Vegetable Oil (Oil); 2 pieces Cardamom (2 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds); 1 piece Cinnamon Stick (1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)); 1 tbsp Black Pepper (1 tablespoon Black pepper powder); 3 pieces Cloves (3 Cloves (Laung)); 1 piece Bay Leaves (1 Bay leaf (tej patta)); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); 2 pieces Dried Red Chili (2 Dry Red Chillies); 2 pieces Yellow Onion (2 Onion chopped); 1 piece Ginger (1 inch Ginger chopped); 4 cloves Garlic (4 cloves Garlic)

A Hyderabadi spiced eggplant dish where eggplants are sautéed and simmered in a ground masala gravy made from whole spices, onion, ginger, and garlic.

40 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Dum Ke Baingan Recipe, we will grind all the masala that are mentioned in the list, cardamom, cinnamon stick, black pepper powder, cloves, bay leaf, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, onion, ginger, garlic to a coarse paste by adding some water.
2Heat a pan with oil, add whole brinjal that are slit and saute them for 10 minutes. Sprinkle some salt over it and cook it covered so that it gets cooked faster.
3Once the brinjal becomes soft and turns dark brown then it is cooked. You can take them out and keep it aside until you make the gravy.
4Add little more oil in the same pan , and add the ground masala into the pan and keep cooking until the gravy is cooked.
5The gravy will slowly turn thick now add the roasted brinjal and drizzle lemon juice.
6Combine the Dum Ke Baingan well and check for salt. Cover it and cook for at least 2 minutes and serve hot.
7Serve the Dum Ke Baingan Recipe along with Tawa Paratha, Kadhi Pakora, Sweet Potato & Green Bean Salad by the side to pack it for your everyday lunch box or just have it at home.