Start by washing and slicing the eggplant. For a better flavor, soak the eggplant in water with salt for 10 minutes. Then rinse the eggplant in plenty of water to remove the salt, and pat with paper towels to make sure eggplant is dry.
Into a bowl mix all the spices and salt. Cover the eggplant slices with this powder mixture. Keep it aside for 10 minutes.
Put some rice or besan/gram flour into a plate and keep aside.
Into a frying pan heat mustard oil, on medium flame. Take each eggplant slice and coat it with the flour, on both sides. Then fry the eggplant (baingan) slices on both sides till they turn crisp and golden-brown in color.
Once fried, place the fried eggplant slices on kitchen paper towels, to absorb excess oil.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2
Recipe by My Indian Taste at http://myindiantaste.com/crispy-fried-eggplant-baingan-bhaja-recipe/