Stuffed baingan recipe
Stuffed baingan recipe made with very less oil when we use an air fryer. Learn to make this bagara baingan recipe in simple steps.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Air fryer
- pan
Ingredients
- ½ kg small eggplants
For the stuffing
- 2 tablespoon oil for cooking coconut and onion
- ⅓ cup coconut slices
- 2 medium onion
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 2-3 garlic cloves
- ½ cup green coriander or cilantro
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- 2-3 dried red chillies
- 1 teaspoon salt or as per taste
For the gravy
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 medium tomato
- ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon kasuri methi
- salt as per taste
Instructions
Baigan bharwa masala
- Heat oil in pan. Add the onion with salt, ginger and garlic,cook until soft
- Add grated coconut ,start cooking on low heat.cook for 8-10 minutes on low heat or until the coconut is light brown.Turn off the heat
- Once the mixture has cooled down, blend the mix with Turmeric,chilli powder and coriander.
For stuffed eggplant in air fryer
- Wash the baigan and slice them lengthwise,check for any spoilt eggplants.(any eggplant with black spores should not be used)
- Stuff the eggplant with masala,brush them with oil.
- Preheat the air fryer at 180C, cook for 5 minutes at 180C
For baingan sabji
- Take the leftover masala,add tomatoes and little fresh coriander,grind it into a paste
- Take oil in pan,add masala,methi,tomato, cook until tomato soft
- Add turmeric,chilli powder,Add cooked baigan and 1 cup water
- cook on low flame with lid covered. Flip over after 5-7 minutes,turn off after 5-7 minutes.
- Serve hot with roti, lachha paratha or rice.