Smoky Egg Plant Garlic Dip

- Egg plant garlic dip gives a smoky flavour from a deliberate charring of the egg plant skin with inner flesh gets steamed to soften in the process.

-You can bake it or directly put on stove top.

-Although many dont like eggplant after seeing this you may surely try it.

Ingredients:

-1 large eggplant

- Garlic cloves 6 to 7

- olive oil

- sliced green chillies

- sliced onions

- paprika or pepper

- sesame seed paste(optional)

- coriander powder

- lime juice

-Brush egg plant with oil and put 3 to 4 slits long way over egg plant.

-stuff garlic slices and sliced green chillies in to the slits. open and stuff in all slits we made.

-Adjust green chillies according to your spice level.

-Add little olive oil in slits.

-place egg plant in oven. To prevent juices from squeezing you can wrap in aluminum foil and bake.

-Bake at 200 degrees centigrade for 40 to 45minutes.

-Allow to cool and peel the skin.

-Just chop with knife and then mash with potato masher.

-once peeled and smashed you may dont like the color and texture of it. But once you add all spices and flavours it will turn delicious with its smoky flavour.

- Now add sesame paste . Adding sesame paste is optional. I added it for nice sesame flavour.

-Then add paprika,coriander powder and salt.

-Add sliced red onion or white onions.

-Finally add lime juice and give a mix.

-At last you can even add mayonnaise or some sour cream.

-Garnish with paprika or parsely.

-Serve with chips or pita bread.