Doi Begun (Eggplant In Spiced Yogurt)

Sliced eggplant pan fried in very little oil and then layered with spiced yogurt followed by a drizzle of tempered hot oil! Doi Begun is a popular Bengali eggplant curry, except I make it little untraditional way. Typically yogurt will be cooked along with the spices and eggplant. This recipe doesn't call for that which makes it a very quick meal. It's light on the tummy and great on warm days too.

Prep time: PT5M

Cook time: PT15M

Total time: PT35M

Keywords

15 minutes meal, Bengali cusine, easy Indian curry, eggplant, vegetarain dish

Ingredients

1/2 cup Greek yogurt/hung yogurt
1/2 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin seeds (Roasted and coarsely ground )
1 tbsp tablepsoon oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
few fresh curry leaves
1/4 tsp kashmiri chili powder

Cuisine

Bengali

Steps

Layer the sliced eggplant in a colander and sprinkle the salt. Give a massage and leave it aside for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, the eggplant slices should have released moisture and soften. Sprinkle the turmeric and massage it around.
Prepare the yogurt sauce by adding the yogurt, salt, sugar and ground cumin. Whisk to mix it all together. Taste for seasoning and add any if needed.
Place a skillet in medium heat and drizzle little oil. Layer the eggplant slices and cook for few minutes, then flip and continue cooking. You might need to drizzle little oil in between. Cook the eggplants until mild brown on each side and cooked through.
Place a small pan on medium high heat and pour the oil for tempering. Once the oil heats up sprinkle the mustard seeds and cumin seeds, let it sizzle for few seconds. Then scatter the fresh curry leaves and let it sizzle for few seconds.
Pour most of the tempered oil on the whisked yogurt and mix it around.
In a serving platter, add half the yogurt, then layer the fried eggplant. Then spread more yogurt and remaining eggplant. Drizzle with the remaining tempered oil.
Serve it warm or room temperature.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 Serves 2 to 4
Calories: 21 kcal
Carbohydrates: 3 g
Protein: 1 g
Fat: 1 g
Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
Sodium: 4655 mg
Sugar: 2 g
Unsaturated Fat: 1.2 g