- Poke holes in the eggplant before baking it.
- Corollary 1: Eggplants are well-sealed and build up a lot of hot steam inside them while baking.
- Corollary 2: Poking a sealed, heated eggplant with a fork creates a small opening through which aforementioned steam can quickly escape.
- Corollary 3: Chopsticks are very useful for picking up pieces of exploded eggplant from a hot oven
- Vanilla yogurt != Plain yogurt
- Corollary 1: It is possible to use a large spoon to quickly remove a large quantity of vanilla yogurt from a pan with no ill consequences.
- Corollary 2: Cottage cheese makes an acceptable replacement for plain yogurt, in a pinch.
Despite these hard lessons learned, the Baingan Bharta actually turned out excellently. If you decide to try the recipe, the ginger garlic paste can just be replaced with finely diced ginger and garlic.
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Don’t worry, you’re not alone. When I was little, my mom accidentally detonated an acorn squash in the microwave.
Amazingly, the microwave still worked fine for years afterward.
Yeah, the oven seems to have emerged no worse for the wear, and we get a lovely eggplant smell every time we use it.