Baigan Bartha and Dal with Chapati

Its a celebration !!! Yuppy...How do I celebrate the end of the Second trimester.? A small simple delicious dinner today. Its all a simple reason to enjoy the food at this time. And believe me , I have got so much time to think about food. Infact only about that...hehehe.

So its special simple dinner to enjoy. Its Baigan Bartha & Dal with Chapati.






The recipe is so simple, and its just takes few minutes to get ready with all those following ingredients:

Baigan Bartha

Ingredients :

1 - Eggplant

1/4- 1/2 cup - cooked peas
1 - Onion ( Medium sized or if small, take 2)
1 - Tomoto (Mediyum Size)
1 tsp Ginger -Garlic paste (or a piece of fresh ginger and 2 garlic cloves)
a pinch of Cinnamon
1 - Elaichi
1 - Krambu
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
1 tsp - Chilli powder
1 tsp - Garam masala
salt

1) peel the eggplant:

Coat the eggplant with oil and keep it in the microwave for 15- 20 minutes. By that time, it gets over the outer skin shrinks and it will be easy to peel the eggplant.Take the inside stuff out and remove the skin.Smash the inside stuff and keep it aside.

2)Take a kadai.Fry the following things:

Ginger-Garlic, Cinnamom, Cardoman ,Krambu and grind them together to make a paste.

3) In the same kadai, heat oil, Add

Jeera,
finely chopped onions,
and the grinded stuff,

Let it cook for few minutes, then add
Turmeric powder,
Chilli powder,
Tomatoes
and cook for few minutes.(Till the tomatoes are cooked)

Add Peas and smashed eggplant with salt. Let it cook for 10-15 minutes and atlast add a pinch of garam masala. Garnish with coriander leaves.