Baingan Bharta Recipe - Punjabi Baingan Ka Bharta - Tickling Palates

Jump to RecipeBaingan bharta recipe with step by step photos. The Punjabi Baingan Ka Bharta is a fuss free and simple side dish to make at home.The eggplant also known as aubergines are roasted directly over fire till it is charred, mashed well and then cooked along with commonly used Indian spice powders.Baingan bharta makes a simple and heartening meal either for dinner or to pack in a lunch box to office or school.Each household have their own version of making this lip smacking side dish.Here I’m sharing my way of doing it which happens to have a dominant garlic flavor.We, at home love both garlic and eggplant, so this one is much loved by us all.Several years ago when my mom started to make this after learning it from a cookbook, she did not find any big eggplants at that time in the markets.Back then we did not have any big veggie super markets and eggplants are not commonly sold, in fact we always had to make do with some big regular brinjals.She used the variety “Vellore Kathir...