Dahi Baingan recipe | dahi baigana | brinjal curry in curd with detailed photo and video recipe. a unique way of preparing eggplant curry with deep fried brinjal and spiced and cooked yoghurt curry. it is a popular curry from the bengali and odia cuisine, but similar curry is prepared from the kashmiri cuisine too. it can be an ideal curry for lunch or dinner when served with roti/ chapathi.
Ingredients for making Dahi Baingan / सामग्री:
Wash the brinjal nicely with plain water and then pat it dry with a clean cloth. Now remove the stem and cut the brinjal into thin and round slices (as shown in the image below).
In a small bowl take turmeric powder, red chilli powder, black pepper powder, cumin seeds powder and salt. Add water to the powder spices and then mix them together to form a thin paste.
Now take one slice of brinjal and apply the paste of spices on its one side. Marinate other slices, with the paste of spices in the same manner. (Marinate only one side of the slices at this stage.)
Then heat a tawa and grease it with 1 table spoon mustard oil. Lower the flame to medium level.
Slowly place the marinated brinjal slices over the tawa with the marinated side facing down.
Now apply the paste of spices on the other side or the top side of the brinjal slices, while the bottom side gets cooked.
When the bottom side gets cooked and appears golden red in color, then flip the slices to cook them on the other side in the same way. Pour 1 table spoon mustard oil around the slices along the edge of the tawa and allow them to cook nicely. Remember, that the flame is at medium level only.
When both the sides are cooked, then flip the slices and cook them until the brinjal becomes soft. Poke them with a fork or knife to check if they have become soft. Then turn off the flame.
Take a mixing bowl and add curd to it. Add a little water and whisk to smoothen the curd. Remember not to add excess water, the whisked curd should be thick in consistency and not flowy.)
Now sprinkle some salt and red chilli powder into it. Also add some chopped mint leaves and then mix it well. Pour this curd mixture into a serving bowl.
Then place the cooked brinjal slices in it slowly.
Now take a tadka pan and heat 1 table spoon mustard oil in it. Then add black mustard seeds and curry leaves to it Allow the black mustard seeds to crackle.
Then pour this tadka over the dahi baingan spreading it evenly. The tempting dahi baingan is ready to be served.
Ingredients for making Dahi Baingan / सामग्री:
- Brinjal - 1 medium size; (बैंगन)
- Curd - 1 cup; (दही)
- Mint Leaves - as per requirement; (पुदीने के पत्ते)
- Salt as per taste; (स्वाद के अनुसार नमक)
- Red Chilli Powder - 1 tea spoon; (लाल मिर्च पाउडर)
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tea spoon; (हल्दी पाउडर)
- Cumin Seeds Powder - 1/2 tea spoon; (जीरा पाउडर)
- Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tea spoon; (काली मिर्च पाउडर)
- Mustard Oil for cooking the brinjal slices; (सरसों का तेल)
- Water - 1 small cup or less; (पानी)
- Black Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon; (राई)
Curry leaves - 7-8 or as per requirement; (करी पत्ता)
Procedure for makind Dahi Baingan:Wash the brinjal nicely with plain water and then pat it dry with a clean cloth. Now remove the stem and cut the brinjal into thin and round slices (as shown in the image below).
In a small bowl take turmeric powder, red chilli powder, black pepper powder, cumin seeds powder and salt. Add water to the powder spices and then mix them together to form a thin paste.
Now take one slice of brinjal and apply the paste of spices on its one side. Marinate other slices, with the paste of spices in the same manner. (Marinate only one side of the slices at this stage.)
Then heat a tawa and grease it with 1 table spoon mustard oil. Lower the flame to medium level.
Slowly place the marinated brinjal slices over the tawa with the marinated side facing down.
Now apply the paste of spices on the other side or the top side of the brinjal slices, while the bottom side gets cooked.
When both the sides are cooked, then flip the slices and cook them until the brinjal becomes soft. Poke them with a fork or knife to check if they have become soft. Then turn off the flame.
Take a mixing bowl and add curd to it. Add a little water and whisk to smoothen the curd. Remember not to add excess water, the whisked curd should be thick in consistency and not flowy.)
Now sprinkle some salt and red chilli powder into it. Also add some chopped mint leaves and then mix it well. Pour this curd mixture into a serving bowl.
Then place the cooked brinjal slices in it slowly.
Now take a tadka pan and heat 1 table spoon mustard oil in it. Then add black mustard seeds and curry leaves to it Allow the black mustard seeds to crackle.
Then pour this tadka over the dahi baingan spreading it evenly. The tempting dahi baingan is ready to be served.
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