Dahi Baigan(Fried Eggplant with Curd)

This is one of my Odisha style famous recipes called Dahi Baigann please try to prepare at your home and enjoy.it is one of the side dish you can take with rice.

Ingredients:- 

• Brinjal(Eggplant) -1 large sizes 

• curd - 1 and 1/2cup

• Red chilli powder - 2tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1tbsp
• Salt as per taste
• curry leaves - 2tbsp
• oil for deep fry
• panch foran(mustard seeds,cumin seeds,fenugreek seeds,fennel seeds and black cuminseeds) - Take all together 2tbsp
• Dry red chilies - 2nobs
• water as per requiement(optional)

Method :-

• First wash the eggplants properly and cut it in to slices .
• Take a bowl and marinate the eggplants with 1tbsp of salt and 1tbsp of turmeric powder mix it properly  and keep it aside.
• Then take another bowl add the curd with 1tbsp of salt and mix it nicely. if you required you can add water or not. That is up to you.
• Take a frying pan and pour some oil for deep frying the Eggplants. 
• When the oil gets heat add the marinated eggplants slowly and let it fry till golden brown color.
• Then take it out from oil and keep it aside.
• Take another pan and add 2tbsp of oil in to it. 
• When the oil gets hot then add the pancha Foran.  when it gets crackle add the red chilies and curry leaves into it.
• Then  saute it in to the low flame and then add the red chilli powder and fried eggplants into it and mix it nicely then swith off the flame.let it cool for 2mints.
• Then take the eggplants mixture and put it into the curd and mix it nicely then let the eggplant with Curd for 10-15 mints to soak the curd nicely.
• Your Dahi Baigan is ready to eat garnish with little fried red chilli powder and serve with rice as a side dish.