DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Doi begun
Bong Eats’ selected doi begun returns browned eggplant wedges to a thin yogurt gravy tempered with whole spices.
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Bong Eats’ doi begun places browned eggplant wedges in a yogurt sauce. The publisher describes this version as developed after cooking recipes from Bengali cookbooks, with a deliberately thin gravy.
Salt and turmeric coat the thick eggplant wedges before they fry in mustard oil and are removed. A separate mixture of yogurt, the remaining salt, sugar and maida is whisked smooth and lump-free.
Bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves temper the same frying oil. Asafoetida follows on lower heat, then cumin, red chilli and the remaining turmeric powders.
The same yogurt mixture is stirred vigorously into the spices and cooked until oil rises to the top. Gorom moshla follows before hot gravy water is added.
Once the sauce boils, the same fried eggplant is lowered into it and simmered. Bhaja moshla, ghee and green chillies finish the preparation.
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