Add the red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, chickpea flour and mustard seed powder to the cleaned eggplant slices.
Mix them well and let it sit for about 20 minutes.
Heat a wide pan and add oil. Once its hot, turn the heat to medium.
Once the oil is hot add these marinated eggplant slices and cook until they turn brown and crisp. I cooked on one side for about 3 to 4 minutes and slowly flip them and cooked until they turned brown. If required add more oil.
As my pan was wide, I add all my slices in one shot and shallow fried. Depending upon your pan size fry them in batches.
That’s it. Begun Bhaja is ready. This goes well with roti and also rice recipes.
Notes
Mustard oil is preferable for frying but opt for any oil of your choice.
Mustard seed powder is optional.
Adjust the red chili powder and salt according to your preference.
Instead of chickpea flour, you can use rice flour too.