Aubergine with Yogurt

Yogurt recipes are common in the Indian sub-continent. Aubergine is a common name in Asia. it is a common vegetable as well.Yogurt recipes with aubergine is very famous. It is found especially in Asia. The name aubergine is from the French, a diminutive of auberge, variant of alberge ‘a kind of peach’ or from the Spanish alberchigo, alverchiga, ‘an apricocke’ (Minsheu 1623). It may be also be derived from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic al-baðinjān from Persian bâdenjân, from Sanskrit vātiga-gama). The nutrition facts of yogurt recipes are high enough. Aubergine with Yogurt recipes are delicious. Its cooking process is as follows;

Ingredients:

• ½ kg (6-7cm diameter) aubergine
• ½ teaspoon round turmeric
• ½ cup yogurt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon ground garlic
• 1 teaspoon fresh mint leaves, paste
• ½ teaspoon chilli powder ( optional)
• Salt to taste

How to prepare:

• Wash and slice the aubergine 1 cm thick. Sprinkle salt and turmeric powder on the aubergine and mix thoroughly. Marinate the aubergine for 1-2 hours.
• Drain the water and fry the aubergine with little oil until it is golden brown.
• Each time give 2-3 tablespoons of oil in the frying pan and fry as many pieces as possible at a time. Stand to cool the fried aubergine.
• Whip the yogurt with a spoon until it is smooth.
• Add salt, sugar, garlic, mint paste, black pepper and chilli powder ( If you like to make it hot) and whip it again.
• On a serving dish first put a base of yogurt ( 2-3 spoons). Place the first layer of aubergine. Cover the aubergine with some yogurt and place the second layer of aubergine and cover them again with yogurt.
• Garnish with some fresh mint leaves. Sprinkle with chilli powder.

Serve with polao, boiled rice or chapatti. 4 servings.