Bhaigan ka Bharta

Ingredients
1 Large Eggplant
4 cloves of garlic
2 Medium onions, chopped
4 nos green chilies, chopped fine
2 Medium tomatoes, chopped fine
1 teaspoon shredded ginger
1 teaspoon cumin + ½ teaspoon cumin seeds for tempering
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
½ teaspoon garam masala powder
Salt to taste
2 teaspoon oil + 1 teaspoon oil for greasing the eggplant
2 tablespoon fresh coriander leaves (i didn't have it, so missed it)

Method

• Wash the eggplant weel and grease it well with oil. Make 4 slits on the outer and stuff one garlic inside each slit.
• Preheat Oven to 190C, keep the greased -garlic stuffed eggplant in an baking tray and roast for 40 minutes or until the eggplant is all wrinkled.

• Take it out of the oven, let the eggplant cool. Peel the skin of the eggplant and mash it well with a potato masher. Keep aside until use.
• Chop onion and tomatoes. Dry roast cumin and coriander together and powder them using a mortar-pestle. 
• Heat oil in a kadai, crackle cumin seeds, add chopped onions, chilies and ginger and saute until onions turn translucent.
• Next add chopped tomatoes, and ½ cup water, add turmeric power, pounded cumin-coriander powder, garam masala powder and let this cook until tomatoes become soft.

• Now add mashed eggplant to this and mix well. Check the consistency add ½ cup water, if needed, let this sit on the stove for 8-10 minutes for the flavors to mingle. Take it off the stove, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with Roti's.