The ideal weekday meal is dal, chawal, sabzi and roti! With different dal and sabzi combos every day, we can enjoy a healthy and nutritious meal that soothes our souls and builds our bodies. A vegetable commonly enjoyed as sabzi is baingan! While many people are not inclined to enjoy this sabzi, this underrated vegetable can be turned into some of the most delicious dishes in Indian cuisine. And when we say dishes, we don’t just mean baingan ka bharta! You can stuff the brinjal with spicy masalas and get the bharwa baingan, cook the baingan in yogurt and you get the delicious Odia – dahi baingan!
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5 Baingan Ki Sabzi for a Delicious Midweek Lunch:
1.Brinjal Fry
Popularly known as Begun Bhaja in eastern India, it is one of the most loved accompaniments across the region’s cuisines. What makes this aubergine such a mouthwatering dish is of course the crispy, spice-infused exterior and delicate interior that just melts in your mouth when you bite into it.
Click here for the full Brinjal Fry recipe.
2.Bharwa Baingan
Bharwa baingan is also known as bharli vain in Marathi. Stuffed brinjal is fried and then served in a thick gravy. You can team it with roti, naan or rice depending on your choice. The mouthwatering recipe can be a bit time consuming but it’s totally worth it.
Click here to see the full recipe of Bharwa Baingan.
3.Achari Baingan
In this recipe, deep-fried eggplant is deep-fried and then tossed in a fragrant masala that will make the tip of your tongue itch. Combine this baingan recipe with spicy laccha parathas or naan, and you’ll have a delicious lunch to enjoy with the family.
Click here to see Achari Baingan’s full recipe.
4.Bagara Baingan Masala
A true sky blue Indian dish, bagara baingan masala (baghaar-e-baingan) is a Hyderabadi special served with biryani as a side dish. Deep fried eggplant cooked in a spicy gravy with a variety of spices. It is a perfect curry to serve with biryani or rice for your next meal.
Click here to see the full recipe of Bagara Baingan Masala.
5. Dahi Baingan
As the name suggests, the key ingredients of this Odia delicacy are yogurt and baingan. Dahi baingan is a sour dish and is usually served with Odia thali. Aromatic curry is made by filling baingans with a variety of spices and cooking them in a yogurt gravy.
Click here to see the full Dahi Baingan recipe.
Try these baingan recipes and let us know which is your favorite!
