How To Make Delicious Trinidad Baigan Choka

Another name for baigan is eggplant. As a young child my mother would make a Baigan Choka and to be honest I did not like this dish at all. Now as a adult I will indulge in this dish any change I get! The only thing is roasting the eggplant aka baigan on the stove top can be a bit messy making clean up quite a chore. But trust me it is well worth it!

Ingredients
2 eggplants/baigan
2 tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
onion
salt
1 tablespoon oil
hot pepper (optional)

Method

Peel the garlic and slice thinly. Cut a few slits into the eggplant and stuff the garlic. My mom always told me that garlic is the only herb to best flavor eggplant.

On medium low heat, place eggplant on fire an let roast on both sides until it opens up a bit.

Trinidad Baigan/Eggplant Choka

After eggplant is roasted, place tomatoes and hot pepper to roast. Meanwhile cut eggplant in the middle and open out. With a spoon, scrap out the insides discarding the skin. Place the insides into a bowl.

Trinidad Baigan/Eggplant Choka

After tomatoes are roasted, place everything into a bowl and mash until smooth. Heat up 1 teaspoon of oil in a small sauce pan then pour very carefully over the choka. Finely chop the and add to mixture. Mix together well.

Tip: traditionally the eggplant is roasted on the stove top but it can be quite a messy process making clean up quite a chore. Have you ever heard about the Fume Free Oven Cleaner? Oh my goodness I am super excited that this product was created. The other version that was not fume free – I avoided it like the plague, the fume was unbearable. So you can use the Fume Free Oven Cleaner to make your stove cleaning a more pleasurable experience.

Another option is to roast the vegetables in a toaster oven using the grill and tray. When done, all you have to clean is the tray. You can also put the grill from the toaster oven on the stove top and put all the vegetables on the grill to roast.

FYI – What is Choka? This is a method of preparing a dish in Trinidad and Tobago where, the vegetables or dry-cured fish (herring or salted fish) are fire roasted, before mashing and combining with salt, onion and other fresh herbs.

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How To Make Delicious Trinidad Baigan Choka

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