Baingan Bhaja

This is a bengali dish and like all bengali recipes, this one is also very very tasty. The difference between a brinjal fry and a bhaja is that we use a flour coating for the latter one before frying. This coating adds to the taste of the brinjal and makes it very tasty. Never knew that we could try so much of dishes with this humble brinjal of ours. Please try it.

Ingredients

1 large eggplant (baingan/brinjal) cut into half inch round slices
1 tsp chili powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
Rice flour as required
Salt as required
mustard oil or sunflower oil for frying

Instructions

Rinse the brinjal well in water. Pat dry with a kitchen towel.
Now slice it in ½ inch thick roundels.
Soak these slices in salted water for 15-20 minutes. Remove and pat dry all the slices.
Now add all the spice powders and salt and mix the slices well. Marinate for 5-7 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan. Take rice flour in a plate. Coat each slice with rice flour. Dust off the extra rice flour.
Now pan fry the baingan slices till crisp and golden brown on both sides.
Drain baingan slices on paper tissues.