Baigan/Balanjay Choka || Roasted Eggplant- Episode 19

Baigan choka, otherwise known as Balanjay choka is a popular breakfast dish in Guyana and Trinidad. The way I prefer to eat it is with a hot paratha roti, but some prefer it with sada roti or fry bake. The eggplant can either be roasted on a grill or open flame on a gas stove, but I decided to roast it in my oven. The taste is great with all of the onions and hot pepper.
Ingredients and Measurements:
2 medium sized eggplants
2 heads of garlic (18-20 cloves of garlic)
4 wiri wiri peppers (use any hot pepper of your choice)
1 small onion sliced
2 scallions sliced
3 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
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[@AsYouLikeIt_Zendi21]

I really admire a young person who can handle themselves in the kitchen better yet a young man. Keep up the good job you're doing and thank you for sharing .

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[@bibikhan5325]

I have not eat this since I left Guyana some fifty yers ago. Seeing you prepare this I must make this. I love this with rice and dhal. Thanks Matrhew

[@lacalbastru650]

Hahahaha!!! Who would have thought that a Romanian was going to find a "traditional" Romanian dish on a Guyanese cooking channel??? Of course, the Turkish, the Greek, the Romanians, the ... claim all kinds of dishes to be "theirs", though many cultures came up with the same idea. Though Turkish, Greek, Romanian similarities can be explained by proximity and history...hard to pull that on your recipe being so close to mine. Of course, we use different flavors, but one thing never changes: nothing tastes better than a dish cooked on open wood fire. Congratulations for your clear explanations and great filming. I am going to try more of your recipes, because tasting other cultures is like taking a trip.

[@vakevic31]

This is my favorite dish with my oil roti.👍👍

[@skinnydee1886]

When I'm making Baigan, or Tomato Chokha, I put them into a shallow roasting pan, "under the broiler" in my oven, and set the broiler on high; it roast very nicely, and quickly, without any mess, and you don't need foil, or anything. Many times I've roasted the garlic, in the same pan, "at the side" of the Baigan, instead of putting it "inside" the Baigan; I think it's more flavourful this way. My friends used to cook their's, in the oven at 350 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit, when I told them, that I roasted mines, under the broiler, they all started doing it that way.

[@RS-ri6fv]

how long do you do keep it in for?

[@geetanvj]

Just finished making the same dish. It looks delicious and I bet taste amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

geetanvj Thank you for the kind words.

[@Jen-kh3mq]

Oh my,what a beautiful dish,going to try this on Friday, thank you for sharing your talent in cooking. 👍🖒👍🖒👍🖒👍🖒👍🖒👍🖒👍🖒

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

jennifer annunciacao Please do. Let me know how it turns out.

[@kritikalata204]

Soo yummy my favorite dishes!😛🥰

[@leelamaguire5899]

I love this simple food my Ma used to roast in the fire side the flavour is superb i am cooking it open on my cooker mess every thing up n takes a long time to cook constantly turning n never have the same flavour. Maybe cause Guyanese bigan is naturally grown , mines bought from the Indians shop just force grown. So I will try the tin foil next , So great to see how well u delivered this receipt 👍🏽

[@natasharamdass6389]

nice. I have to try this.

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Natasha Ramdass please do you will not be disappointed

[@wingingitwithrudyree]

Awesome dish

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Thank you

[@badouribrahim7287]

Matthew u sure look good today, keep cooking we will keep watching, i do get some tips here and there thank u Guyana

[@bigdealtia9373]

Woww i can't help but love how you explain your methods so well..you're a great teacher..i have to share your channel..

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Thank you!

[@bigdealtia9373]

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[@aaudain1]

Great job, I love that type of food, I like cooking it on a coal-pot, for some reason it taste better

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Anthony Audain I have never heard of that but it sounds really good.

[@aaudain1]

Matthew's Guyanese Cooking it’s charcoal something that look like a pot the it have an arch below it, maybe in Guyana they call it a different name, I love cooking on it

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Anthony Audain Oh ok. I have bever seen that before.

[@unique_nj]

@@matthewsguyanesecooking4601 a fireside would be the guyanese version of the cold pot

[@georgetownguyana573]

Good recipe

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

[@everamsahai7613]

Thank you for a great video ,I will definitely give this recipe a try

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Plz do

[@mohamedkhan6904]

This is a great recipe but nothing beats roasting on flame. This does not have that smoke flavor . I roast it on gas stove. Yum

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

I know, but we need to make do with what we have.

[@allyk275]

I love your videos

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Thank you!

[@allyk275]

Can you make a video for sponge cake if possible

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

@@allyk275 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJC2lImcmZqFrNk Here is the recipe. I already have it on my channel.

[@nickiramnandan5453]

Hey Matthew...u can rub a little oil and NOT wrap it and place under the broiler in your oven ....for about 25 mins ...comes out better...and cooks faster

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Thanks for the tips. I will try it out soon.

[@mslemon4695]

Add roasted tomatoes too

[@feliciadeonarain8994]

Can you make cassava ball? I've made it only a few times but I'd like to make it again.

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Felicia Deonarain I will do one soon.

[@michellesuarez4248]

Thank you for this awesome video, can send me the link for making curry chicken👍

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Here it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXSam4F9opt1ars

[@bibibaksh1533]

The tomato in the choka

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Look at my newer version of baigan choka. That one I put tomatoes in.

[@sunitabhagwandass7137]

Looks delicious but ohh.. that’s too much onions for me..

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Yes you can change up the measurements as per your own tastes.

[@junepayne5356]

I add roasted tomatoes to my boulanger choka

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

I do too sometimes

[@michellemichelle7143]

Hi where do you get the wiri wiri peppers?

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Bedessee in Florida has them. You can use habanero peppers instead though

[@michellemichelle7143]

Matthew's Guyanese Cooking thanks! I live down the street from Bedessee I will stop by later.

[@ankank2990]

marry me 😍 love that you're a young guy who cooks!!! least u don't expect it to be a woman's job coming from the Caribbean mentality that is a plus

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

ank ank I agree! Cooking should be shared between men and women.

[@ajab3927]

Please do not use foil when cooking. Do you know that foil is toxic???

[@ankank2990]

Aja B is it really?

[@BHUT-JOLOKIA]

Yes. It’s very toxic. ........If you eat it. 😂

[@ajab3927]

Another way of making the choka is boiling the eggplant instead of roasting them in the oven- much faster.

[@matthewsguyanesecooking4601]

Aja B All of thr flavor of the eggplant would be gone and you wouldn't get that roasted taste.

[@sarnathkerala8160]

No thanks