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)
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.
Ingredients
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.
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 117kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 5.6g9%
- Saturated Fat 0.5g3%
- Trans Fat 0.1g
- Sodium 256mg11%
- Total Carbohydrate 17g6%
- Dietary Fiber 4.8g20%
- Sugars 7g
- Protein 2.1g5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
Note that the brinjal is well cooked and if you need a little smoky flavour, carefully cook it a little more.
