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July 24, 2010

Sauteed Eggplant with Indian Spices

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I don’t dare actually call this by the real name for the authentic Indian dish, Baingan ka Bhartha. If we’re talking about authenticity here, then I did this all shades of wrong. Lucky for me, it turned out all shades of right, as far as our tastebuds were concerned! One of those happy accidents in the kitchen, it would seem. I didn’t get many pictures because it was dinner time and we gobbled the whole thing up in one sitting.

Let’s start at the beginning. I had an eggplant and I wanted to do something with it. I didn’t know what. I typed “eggplant recipes” into my browser. I got lots of hits. The recipe that sounded most appealing came from Yahoo Answers, of all places – Indian Roasted Eggplant. But I was short a few of the ingredients. Did I feel like hauling all three kids to the store just to get some ginger root and a few fresh chilis? Nope. So I figured I would cheat with ground ginger and some jarred pickled jalapenos. After all, no one would have to know, right?

That’s when I made my biggest mistake. I had one of those moments where I figured I knew what I was doing before I had read the instructions carefully enough. This is not all that unusual for me; I am often so eager to start in on something that I rarely read instructions from start to finish before I am working on the first step. Being something of a quick study, it normally works in my favour. I am a whiz at ready-to-assemble furniture! But there are those times where I jump headlong in, only to discover I’ve made some irrecoverable error. My poor eggplant was the victim of my haste.

I had my eggplant all cubed and spread out on the foil-lined baking sheet when I suddenly had the sneaking suspicion that this not what I was supposed to do. I reread the recipe and realized with dismay that I was supposed to roast the eggplants whole. Whoops! And I was supposed to peel it after it had been roasted, but I was not about take the peel off all of the little eggplant cubes. I squared my shoulders and decided to go ahead with the recipe anyway. Steady in the face of adversity, that’s me.

The Results: For all of my mistakes and substitutions, this dish rocked. Really. I would make it exactly this way again and I would recommend it because I think it was probably a little easier and less messy to prepare than the original. I am certain that the real Baingan ka Bhartha is an excellent dish and perhaps I will try it sometime. The taste of my version was probably quite similar to the real one, since the spices were mostly the same and my substitutions were minor. Eggplant is one of those versatile veggies that doesn’t have a ton of flavour on its own, so the spices are front and center.

The one thing I might do differently is to make a double batch. I bet it would make excellent leftovers!

Sauteed Eggplant with Indian Spices (aka this Canadian girl’s wacky version of Baingan ka Bhartha):

This recipe has been included in our cookbook, Low-Carbing Among Friends, Vol. 1. It is available for purchase at AmongFriends.us or at Amazon.com.

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Comments

  1. Jane says

    July 24, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    This looks like a dish exploding with flavor! Thanks for posting!

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  2. foodalution.com says

    July 24, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    Baingan Bhartha is one of my ABSOLUTE favorite Indian Dishes…nice job improvising and glad that it rocked – I have a version and it cooks the eggplant down to a puree…. pretty yummy too! loads of food love! ♥♥♥ megan

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  3. Celeste says

    July 24, 2010 at 2:32 pm

    Let me tell you – I am LOVING your blog! So many wonderful recipes and pictures. I will definitely be visiting on a weekly basis. Take care!

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  4. healthy mamma says

    July 24, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    Wow, this looks great! Two of my favorite foods, eggplant & Indian, and I never thought of putting them together! 😉 thx!

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  5. foodies at home says

    July 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    haha…I love you wacky version of an Indian dish. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Sounded like it worked out great!

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  6. Spice Guru says

    July 25, 2010 at 4:17 am

    Wow.. this excites me.. let me check if my indian store has these as ready to eat.. will save my time..
    Maybe i will ask them to get it for me if they find out somewhere.

    FYI : http://spicesonline.info

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  7. bonnie says

    July 26, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    great dish, loaded with fab spicy flavor…

    sweetlife

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  8. Mags says

    July 26, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    I think I'd really like eggplant made this way. It looks delicious!

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  9. alittleyum says

    July 27, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    you just taught me an Indian recipe! yay!

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  10. Magda says

    July 28, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    Looks fantastic, eggplant is on my list of favorite foods and I also adore Indian cuisine.

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  11. Dany says

    December 5, 2018 at 11:32 am

    I can’t find Low-Carbing Among Friends, Vol. 1. on all web 🙁
    Is there aa way ?

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