Recipe for Aalu Bengan
Ingredients
- 2 potatoes peeled and cut into wedges
- 1 large aubergine trimmed and cut into wedges
- 4 tbspns olive oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tspn crushed ginger
- 2 large chopped tomatoes
- 4 green chillies
- 1 tbspn crushed chillies
- 1 tspn garam masala
- 1 tspn chaat masala
- ½ tspn methi leaves
- ½ tspn turmeric
- ½ tspn cumin powder
- ½ tspn coriander powder
- Some salt to taste
- 2 tbspns yogurt
- ½ cup chopped coriander to garnish
Cooking Directions
Heat oil and fry green chillies and ginger. After a minute or so add onion and cook until golden brown. Now add tomatoes and all the spices.
Mix and when tomatoes tend to lose the stiffness, add yogurt and mix.
Now add potatoes and aubergine. Mix and cook covered on low heat for about 15 – 20 minutes.
Give it a last stir. Dish out and garnish with some coriander.
Serve hot with chapattis.
by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1059 views