Chokha is a tasty Northern Indian vegetable dish that is roasted and mashed over an open fire. It can be made with a single vegetable or a combination of two or three vegetables. Eggplant, tomatoes, and potatoes are used to make the most common and delicious chokha. Baingan Chokha is a side dish that goes well with litti, batti, dal rice, or sattu ke parathe.

Baigan aloo chokha (Baingan ka bharta)
Ingredients
- nos Brinjal 1
- Garlic 10 cloves
- nos Tomato 3
- nos Onion (medium sized) 1
- To taste Green chili
- Coriander leaves 3 tbsp
- Lemon 1/2
- To taste Salt
- Mustard oil 1 tbsp
- nos Potato (roasted) 3
Instructions
- First of all take a brinjal and make a slit in the middle and fill 8-10 cloves of garlic in the slit.
- Now fry this brinjal directly with the tomatoes on fire till it becomes almost black from all the sides.
- After roasting the brinjal, take out the garlic cloves from the slit of the eggplant.
- Now dip the finger tops in a bowl of water and remove the outer layer of roasted brinjal and tomato, which has turned black.
- Now put roasted brinjal, garlic cloves, roasted tomatoes, onions and green chillies in the bowl.
- In this bowl, crush the boiled potatoes with hands.
- Now add green coriander leaves and salt and mix it well with your hands.
- Now add mustard oil and half lemon juice and mix with a spoon. Our chokha is ready.
- Enjoy the chokha with baati or chapati and dal. You can also serve this as side dish with main course.