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Baingan Ki Lonje

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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 60m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 10 long thin (3 to 3 1/2 pounds) eggplants
  • 1/2 cup butter (clarified)
  • 1 cup thinly sliced (8 ounce) yellow onions
  • 1 teaspoon ginger paste
  • Salt to taste
  • 5 cloves
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • GARNISH
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves
  • SPICE MIX
  • 2 whole red chillies
  • 5 cloves
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon (pieces)
  • 1 cardamom seed
  • 1 teaspoon peppercorns
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Slit the eggplants lengthwise down to the base .

  • Step 2: Heat the clarified butter in a pan, and sauté the onions till they turn brown and crisp. Remove the onions from the clarified butter and leave the clarified butter aside till ready to use again.

  • Step 3: Grind together the onions, ginger, salt and half the spice mix . (this is masala 1)

  • Step 4: Apply a layer of this mixture into the slits made in the brinjals.( eggplants this is what they are called in india ,cool huh ?)

  • Step 5: Heat the clarified butter once again and add the cloves. When they begin to darken a little, add the brinjals and any leftover masala1 and sauté over high heat till they look glossy.

  • Step 6: Lower heat, cover and cook till tender, stirring a few times to avoid scorching.

  • Step 7: Mix in the sugar, lime juice and the rest of the powdered masala.(spice mix)

  • Step 8: Garnish with the coriander leaves and serve.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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