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Aloo Baingan is a traditional vegetable dish enjoyed by the people of South East Asia (Pakistan and India). Aloo Baingan is a combination of Vitamin C enriched potatoes (local name Aloo) and brinjal (local name Baingan). This combination of potatoes and brinjal when cooked together with the addition of several spices, it becomes a mouth watering and delicious Aloo Baingan vegetable curry. This is enjoyed by people alongwith chapati and can be enjoyed with naan.
So, like every recipe, the backbone lies in the raw materials required for each recipe. So, lets discuss the ingredients for Aloo Baingan recipe.
Ingredients For Aloo Baingan Recipe
The main ingredients for making an outstanding and delicious Aloo Baingan recipe, following ingredients play a vital role.
- Potatoes
- Brinjals
- Water
- Cooking Oil
- Tomato
- Salt
- Red Chili Powder
- Turmeric Powder
- Green Chilies
- Green Coriander
- Garlic Pieces
Cooking Steps For Aloo Baingan
A step by step cooking process for making a mouth watering Aloo Baingan Curry is as follow:
- Cooking of every dish requires proper washing of the raw materials and in case of Aloo Baingan , both Potatoes and Brinjals are washed carefully to remove any apparent dust particle.
- Take half cup of cooking oil in a pan and put up the flame on a high frequency.
- Take 2 medium sized onions and chop them. Remember chopping of onions will help to cook them easily despite of other ways of adding onions.
- On heating up the oil, add the chopped onions into the pan.
- Add a large sized red tomato after chopping it into fine pieces.
- Addition of ginger and garlic paste is not required for Aloo Baingan recipe. Their addition will not properly allow the taste and aroma of potatoes and brinjal to flourish properly.
- Add one teaspoon salt, one and half teaspoon red chili powder, and half teaspoon turmeric powder. Mix them properly.
- No other spices should be added in this recipe as the above spices are enough to make a delicious and mouth watering Aloo Baingan.
- Add half kg finally cut potatoes into the pan and cook them well on a high flame.
- While cooking if you feel that the curry is getting dry, you can add water to avoid dryness of the curry.
- After 4-5 minutes, add half cup of water and put the mixture on steam by keeping the lid on the pan.
- This steam process should be done for 4-5 minutes.
- Add 750g of finally cut brinjals into a mixture containing potatoes, onions, tomato and other spices.
- Now put the lid on the pan for 8-10 minutes to create a steam and cook the brinjals in this steam.
- After 8-10 minutes you will see the brinjals are fully cooked in their own water.
- The brinjals are now soft like button.
- Add finally cut green chilies, garlic pieces and green coriander to garnish this delicious curry.
- Remember garlic pieces added the last are for smell and not used as a spice.
- Here you will have the final look of traditional and tasty Aloo Baingan curry and I hope its a mouth watering scene for you.
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