Crisp at the edges and tender through the middle, brinjal fry recipe | brinjal rava fry | baingan rava fry | fried eggplant is a vegetarian karnataka side dish made with kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder, turmeric / haldi, and of hing / asafoetida in about 30 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 10 pieces
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 brinjal / baingan / eggplant (thickly sliced)
- oil for deep frying
for rava coating:
- ¼ cup rava / semolina / sooji
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 1 tbsp chilli powder, ½ tsp turmeric, pinch of hing, 2 tbsp rice flour and ½ tsp salt.
- combine well making sure the spices are mixed.
- now add 2 tbsp water and prepare a masala paste.
- add in 1 brinjal thickly slices and coat with masala paste.
- coat well and rest for 20 minutes.
- meanwhile prepare rava mixture by mixing ¼ cup rava, ½ tsp chilli powder and ¼ tsp salt.
- now coat the marinated baingan with rava on both sides.
- shallow fry or pan fry in hot oil.
- fry on low flame making sure to cook well.
- now flip over and cook brinjal on both the sides. do not over cook as then brinjal will loose shape.
- finally, serve brinjal fry recipe / brinjal rava fry as a side dish.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
