Name: Baingan Saaswe
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 large eggplant; 1½ teaspoons table salt; 3 or 4 cloves garlic; ½ cup (60 grams) grated fresh coconut (or frozen unsweetened coconut); 2 teaspoons vegetable oil; 1 cup (200 ml) buttermilk; 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds; 5 dried red chiles, stemmed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

This is an interesting combination of coconut, mustard seeds, and roasted eggplant. I fondly think of it as the South Indian version of the North Indian baingan ka bharta.

Ingredients

1 large eggplant
5 dried red chiles, stemmed
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds

Method

Roast the eggplant over a medium gas flame or a charcoal grill, turning it frequently with tongs, until the inside is soft and the skin is completely charred on all sides. Let cool, then peel and mash. Put the eggplant in a deep bowl.
Put 3 of the chiles, ½ teaspoon of the mustard seeds, the coconut, garlic, ½ teaspoon of the salt, and