Doi Begun/ Brinjal Curd/ Eggplant Bengali Yogurt Recipe:
Doi Begun/ Brinjal Curd/ Eggplant yogurt Bengali recipe, it is very simple and popular Bengali Recipe. Doi Begun/ Brinjal Curd/ Eggplant yogurt recipe is one of the famous recipes in south India.
Ingredients for Doi Begun:
- Onion Paste
- One bowl yogurt
- Oil ½ cup
- Ginger garlic paste tsp
- Cloves 3-4 nos
- Cardamom 3-4 nos
- Cinnamon 2-3 nos
- Nigella seed as per taste
- Chili powder 1 tsp
- Salt as per taste
- Turmeric powder 1 tsp
- Cumin powder 1 tsp
- Coriander powder 1 tsp
- Graram Masala 1 tsp
- Brinjal 6-8 nos
How to make Doi Begun/ Brinjal Curd/ Eggplant Yogurt Bengali Recipe?
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Method For Doi Begun/ Brinjal Curd Recipe:
First wash the Eggplants in cool fresh water. Now I will cut the Eggplants/Begun. I will make this recipe keeping the stalk of Eggplants with curd. Now take a knife and remove the flower part from the Eggplant one by one keeping the stalk intact and cut one side horizontally from the middle of the Eggplants/ Brinjal. Be sure don’t separate it or cut the Eggplants/Begun in to two parts. Now cut all the Eggplants/Begun in the same process, one side lengthwise up to the middle.
Now in a plate or bowl, take Garam masala powder, Coriander powder, Cumin powder, Turmeric powder, chili powder and salt, mix it well all together.
Now take one Eggplant/Begun and add some mixed spice in it. Coated or greasing itproperly. Do this for all the Eggplant/Begun and rest of the mixed spice I will use for the gravy of Doi Begu/ Eggplant Yogurt recipe.
Heat the pan with oil and add Eggplant one by one for fry. It will take few minutes to fry. You can cover it otherwise it will take time more. Fry all the Eggplants until it become soft and turn brownish yellow.
Remove all the Eggplant from the heat in serving bowl.
I will add Cloves, Cardamom and Cinnamon in rest of the fried oil. Stir it 2-3 times. Now add Nigella seed as per your taste.
Now add onion paste, stir it for few minutes. Saute it till the raw smell disappears.
Add Turmeric powder, Chili powder and Ginger garlic paste. Mix it properly and fry them well. Fry until get a brownish color.
Add some mixed spice before we prepared for the Eggplant/Begun. Now we will use for the gravy.
Add yogurt and mix it well. Now add salt as per your taste. Keep it for few minutes for fry. Be sure, cook for about 3 minutes in low flame.
Add some water for more gravy.
Add all the fried brinjal/ Eggplants one by one in the gravy. Stir it gently for mixing the gravy with brinjal. Now cover & cook for about 5 minutes in low flame.
Doi Begun curry/ Brinjal Curd/ Eggplant Yogurt Bengali recipe is ready.
The benefits of eating Yogurt:
Curd is a type of milk food which is prepared from milk fermentation bacteria. It has a reputation as a nutritious and delicious food. It is known all over the world. Yogurt contains very plenty of protein, calcium vitamin B6 and vitamin B12.
Doctor or nutritionist is always advised to eat yogurt. In other countries, such as India, after the meal always eat yogurt. Yogurt is a lactic fermented food. Yogurt is a highly nutritious and healthy food. It has useful vitamins, minerals etc. Even it is regarded as more nutritious than milk.
- No carbohydrate, sugar and no trans fat.
- It helps to prevent and cure.
- It increases the body's resistance to disease. It works better to prevent like cold, cough and fever.
- The beneficial bacteria of yogurt, kills the harmful bacteria.
- It is beneficial for constipation, diarrhea and colon cancer patients, because it has the lactic acid.
- Yogurt bacteria help for digestion.
- It has plenty of calcium and vitamin D, which helps to strengthen teeth and to the formation of bones.
- This is much less than the time to digest milk. Who has digestive problems in milk; they can eat it instead of milk.
- Yogurt can refine the blood. Patients with high blood pressure can eat yogurt regularly to keep blood pressure under control.
- Diabetes, heart disease patients can eat yogurt regularly to keep the disease under control.
- Eating yogurt on a regular basis, it supplies the body with nutrients from other foods.
- Yogurt can control body temperature. So it is good to eat yogurt in summer.