Indian · Side
Sem Aloo Baingan Beans, Potatoes and Eggplant
A spice-free vegetable curry that relies on herbs alone: browned potato, eggplant and green beans braised in a raw purée of tomato, red onion, cilantro and green chile until everything is soft and the sauce has turned sweet.

- YieldServes 6 as a side
- Hands-on30 min
- Total54 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 225 gtomato, 1 large, cored and coarsely chopped
- 150 gred onion, 1 medium, coarsely chopped
- 20 gfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, about 1/2 cup firmly packed
- 4fresh green Thai, cayenne or serrano chiles, stems removed
- 300 gwhite potato such as russet or Yukon Gold, 1 large, peeled, 5 cm cubes, held in cold water
- 2 tbspcanola oil
- 680 gsmall purple Indian eggplants (about 12) or 1 large Italian eggplant, stems removed, cut into batons 5 cm x 2.5 cm x 12 mm
- 115 gfresh green beans, trimmed, cut into 2.5 cm lengths
- 2 tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
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