Smoked Eggplant Raita Recipe - Baingan Raita Recipe

Smoked Eggplant Raita Recipe - Baingan Raita Recipe with step wise pictures.

Smoky and cooling eggplant raita which goes well with biryani, pulao or even some hot phulkas, I loved the smoky taste of the dish and it taste so refreshing too.

I wanted to make this dish for quite a long time. I have made it before but i didn't take pictures. Finally i made it few days back and it turns out super good. This is a smoked eggplant raita, i have one more version which is normal sliced and fried eggplant which i will share very soon.

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Smoked Eggplant Raita Recipe - Baingan Raita Recipe

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Smoky and cooling eggplant raita which goes well with biryani, pulao or even some hot phulkas, I loved the smoky taste of the dish and it taste so refreshing too.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Side dishes

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4 servinsg

Ingredients

  

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• Eggplant - 1
• Yogurt / Curd - 1 to 2 cups
• Green Chillies - 1 chopped finely
• Onion - 1 chopped finely
• Salt to taste

FOR SEASONING:

• Oil - 1 tblsp
• Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - ½ tsp
• Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
• Dry Red Chilli - 1
• Adsafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi a pinch
• Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Instructions

 

• Take eggplant and roast it on flame till it is cooked on all sides. keep flipping and keep cooking,
• Remove it and cool it down. Peel off the skin and chop into very tiny pieces.
• Now take it in a bowl. Add yogurt, salt, onions, chillies and mix well.
• Now make seasoning, heat oil and add all ingredients and let them sizzle.
• Pour this over the raita and mix well.
• Serve with pulao.

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Pictorial:

1)Lets roast the eggplant in open flame.

2)Keep rotating and flipping it over till it is roasted completely.

3)Now it is nicely roasted on all sides.

4)Remove it and cool it down. Now peel off the skin.

5)Chop it into small pieces.

6)Take the eggplant in a bowl.

7)Add in chopped onions.

8)Add in chopped green chillies.

9)Add in salt to taste.

10)Mix well.

11)Add in thick yogurt

12)Mix well.

13)Now lets make the seasoning. Heat oil in a pan, add urad dal and fry till golden brown.

14)Add in mustard seeds

15)Add in dry red chillies

16)Add a dash of asafoetida

17)Add in curry leaves

18)Pour the seasoning over the raita

19)Mix well.

20)Serve