Baingan aloo tamatar ka chokha
Baingan Chokha, the most popular and tasty chokha is made with eggplant, tomatoes, and potatoes which is served with litti, batti, or as a side dish with dal rice or sattu k parathe.
Yield: 4
Calories: 120kcal
Materials
- 1 large purple coloured baingan
- 2 large tomatoes
- 7 to 8 garlic cloves
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 tbsp mustard oil
- 2 finely chopped green chillies
- ¾ cup freshly chopped coriander leaves
- 1-inch ginger grated
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp lemon juice optional
Instructions
Roasting Baingan and tomatoes:
- Rinse 1 large eggplant (baingan), 2 tomatoes, and 2 potatoes under running water. Wipe off the veggies with a kitchen towel.
- Make few slits on baingan from all sides and stuff it with few garlic cloves. Make a cross slit on the tomatoes as well.
- Rub the mustard oil all over the baingan and tomatoes as it makes easy to peel off the cover after roasting.
- Now, place it on the wired mesh on a gas stove and roast on low flame.
- Keep turning the baingan and tomatoes to roast it evenly from all the sides.
- Roast it till it becomes tender, prick a knife in baingan and if the knife slides easily through the baingan without any resistance it means it is cooked perfectly.
- Now, remove the baingan and tomatoes from the stove and with the help of fork and knife peel off its skin and place it a bowl.
Boiling Potatoes:
- On the other burner of the gas stove, boil both the potatoes till it becomes tender.
- Similarly, peel off the skin of potatoes and keep it in the same bowl. Now, mash all the three ingredients and do not throw the baingan and tomatoes juice.
For making chokha:
- Now add 2 chopped green chillies, 3 to 4 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves, 1-inch grated ginger, 1 tbsp chopped garlic cloves, salt to taste and 2 tbsp mustard oil.
- Mix all the ingredients nicely with the help of a masher.
- Now, add 1 tbsp of lemon juice to get a tangy taste. This is an optional step.
- Lastly, baingan aloo tamatar chokha is ready.
- Serve it with litti’s or as a side dish with dal rice or sattu k parathe.
Notes
Step by step Instructions
Roasting Baingan and tomatoes:
- Rinse 1 large eggplant (baingan), 2 tomatoes, and 2 potatoes under running water. Wipe off the veggies with a kitchen towel.
- Make few slits on baingan from all sides and stuff it with few garlic cloves. Make a cross slit on the tomatoes as well.
- Rub the mustard oil all over the baingan and tomatoes as it makes easy to peel off the cover after roasting.
- Now, place it on the wired mesh on a gas stove and roast on low flame.
- Keep turning the baingan and tomatoes to roast it evenly from all the sides.
- Roast it till it becomes tender, prick a knife in baingan and if the knife slides easily through the baingan without any resistance it means it is cooked perfectly.
- Now, remove the baingan and tomatoes from the stove and with the help of fork and knife peel off its skin and place it a bowl.
Boiling Potatoes:
- On the other burner of the gas stove, boil both the potatoes till it becomes tender.
- Similarly, peel off the skin of potatoes and keep it in the same bowl. Now, mash all the three ingredients and do not throw the baingan and tomatoes juice.
For making chokha:
- Now add 2 chopped green chillies, 3 to 4 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves, 1-inch grated ginger, 1 tbsp chopped garlic cloves, salt to taste and 2 tbsp mustard oil.
- Mix all the ingredients nicely with the help of a masher.
- Now, add 1 tbsp of lemon juice to get a tangy taste. This is an optional step.
- Lastly, baingan aloo tamatar chokha is ready.
- Serve it with litti’s or as a side dish with dal rice or sattu k parathe.