Aloo Baingan Recipe – Potato Eggplant Curry

Easy Indian spiced Eggplants and Potatoes. Aloo Baingan Recipe. Curried Potato Eggplant side. Serve with flatbread/rice and Dal. Vegan gluten-free Soy-free Nut-free.

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This is an easy curried eggplant potato – Aloo Baingan recipe. I picked it up from Mom and have been making my version of it for many years. Some Indian veggie sides follow a similar recipe. Some whole spices roasted in oil, some ground coriander, turmeric and/or cayenne, add veggies, salt and some moisture and cook until tender. In this recipe, we use potatoes, eggplants and tomatoes and let it simmer until done to preference.

Some eggplants, especially the larger variety can take much longer to cook. Cube them small and cook them for 5 minutes before adding potatoes. Serve the Aloo Baingan with flatbread like Rotis, Parathas, Naan and Dal, or with rice, cooked grains. Add cooked chickpeas to make it into a meal. 

More Sides from the blog. All gluten-free

• Bombay Potato and Peas
• Crunchy spicy Potatoes
• Garam Masala Potatoes
• Potatoes and Cauliflower – Aloo Gobi
• Cabbage and potatoes with burnt chili

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Aloo Baingan Recipe Curried Potato Eggplant

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By: Vegan Richa

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 30 minutes mins

Total: 45 minutes mins

Servings: 2 servings

Course: Side

Cuisine: Indian

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Easy Indian spiced Eggplants and Potatoes. Aloo Baingan Recipe. Curried Potato Eggplant side. Serve with flatbread/rice and Dal. Vegan gluten-free Soy-free Nut-free.

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 tsp oil
• ▢ 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• ▢ 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• ▢ 6 curry leaves, chopped (optional)
• ▢ 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• ▢ 1/2 inch ginger, minced
• ▢ 1 hot green chile, finely chopped
• ▢ 1 tsp coriander powder
• ▢ 1/2 tsp turmeric
• ▢ 1 large potato, cubed small
• ▢ 1 medium eggplant, chopped small, or 8 or more small eggplants, quartered
• ▢ 1 large tomato, crushed, finely chopped or about 1 cup diced canned tomato
• ▢ 3/4 cup water
• ▢ 3/4 tsp salt
• ▢ cayenne, pure red chili powder or garam masala to taste
• ▢ cilantro for garnish

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Instructions 

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. When hot, add cumin and mustard seeds and cook them until cumin seeds change color and get fragrant. A few seconds or a minute depending on how hot the plan and oil are.
• Add curry leaves carefully. Add garlic ginger and chili and cook for a minute or until the garlic is golden.
• Add the coriander powder and turmeric and mix in. Add potatoes and eggplants and mix in.
• Add the tomatoes, salt and water and mix in. Cover and cook for 15 minutes. Stir, reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook until the eggplants and potatoes are tender to preference. about 15 minutes. Taste and adjust salt and spice and mix in.
• Garnish with a good sprinkle of cayenne or garam masala or both, and cilantro and serve.

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Notes

Add a cup or more of cooked chickpeas and another chopped tomato to make this into a 1 pot meal.
Add a dash of liquid smoke for a bharta(mashed eggplant) flavor profile.

Instant Pot: Follow steps 1 and 2 on saute. Add coriander and turmeric and tomatoes and mix in, cook for a minute. Add eggplant, potatoes, 1/4 cup water and salt and cook on manual for 4 to 5 minutes. Release the pressure after 10 mins. Taste and adjust salt and spice.

Nutrition

Calories: 175kcal, Carbohydrates: 34g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 3g, Sodium: 246mg, Potassium: 1134mg, Fiber: 11g, Sugar: 10g, Vitamin A: 725IU, Vitamin C: 91.9mg, Calcium: 82mg, Iron: 5mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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