Baigan/Brinjal /Egg plant ka chokha (recipe from Bihar)     

• Servings: 3-4
• Preparation time: 2 minutes.
• Roasting time: 8-9 minutes.
• Mixing  time: 1-2 minutes.
• Total time: 13 minutes.

Chokha is traditional dish from Bihar; the term Chokha refer to any vegetable roasted over fire then mashed.

Apart from serving with Litti I often serve the recipe with Paratha or even Roti. My family relish this with Dal–Rice too.

Ingredients:

• Brinjal: 300-400 gm (1no. big & fat)
• Tomato: 1no. (Medium size)
• Onion: 1 no. (Medium size)
• Green chilli: 1-2 no.
• Ginger: 1” piece
• Garlic: 2-3 flakes
• Coriander leaf: 2 tablespoon (chopped)
• Mustard oil: 1 teaspoon
• Salt: half teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Apply one drop of oil all around the brinjal and tomato.
2. Slightly cut the brinjal and put garlic inside the brinjal.
3. Roast brinjal and tomato direct on the gas burner on medium flame.
4. Keep turning after 2-3 minutes on the flame, so that it evenly cooked.
5. Roast till it become completely cooked and soft. Keep aside, and let it cool.
6. Remove skin (outer layer) and stem from roasted brinjal, tomato as well as garlic. Keep aside.
7. Chop onion, green chilli, and ginger into small pieces.

Method:

1. Take a mixing bowl put all ingredients into this bowl.
2. Mash all with the help of masher or hand.
3. Mash properly (more you mash better will be test), brinjal chokha is ready.
4. It is served with any type of meal.

Note:

1. Brinjal must be of smooth and shiny surface, so that it has less seeds or tender seeds.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

It is north Indian dish serve with hot chapati and daal.

Serve with as a side dish in combination with plan boiled rice and daal.

Baigan/Brinjal /Egg plant ka chokha (recipe from Bihar)      by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.