Begun Bhaja

Name: Begun Bhaja
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 long brinjals; 1/2 cup chickpeas flour; 1/4 cup rice flour; 1 tbsp ginger chilli paste; 1 tsp asafoetida; 1 tbsp red chili powder; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp roasted cumin powder (optional); as required Salt to taste; as required Mustard oil for shallow fry

Shradha Nema (foodgazin') @foodgazin

Mumbai

Pan fried Brinjals in just 15 mins.! Yay!!
Begun or baingan bhaja is a Bengali vegetarian recipe of shallow-fried eggplant. Crunchy outside, soft inside.

Shradha Nema (foodgazin') @foodgazin

Mumbai

Pan fried Brinjals in just 15 mins.! Yay!!
Begun or baingan bhaja is a Bengali vegetarian recipe of shallow-fried eggplant. Crunchy outside, soft inside.

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Ingredients

2long brinjals
1/2 cupchickpeas flour
1/4 cuprice flour
1 tbspginger chilli paste
1 tspasafoetida
1 tbspred chili powder
1 tspturmeric powder
1 tsproasted cumin powder (optional)
as requiredSalt to taste
as requiredMustard oil for shallow fry

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Steps

1

Wash and make thin slices of brinjal.
2

Take all the ingredients except oil and add ¾ cup of water and make smooth but slight thick batter.
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4

Heat oil in frying pan. Coat the brinjal slices in the batter and shallow fry in the pan,till crisp and golden in colour
5

Serve hot with rice or roti/chapati/luchi/Puri.

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Shradha Nema (foodgazin') @foodgazin

on December 02, 2022 12:38

Mumbai

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