Baingan (eggplant) Bharta  recipe is prepared using roasted baingan. There are many dishes you can be prepare using baingan, like a baingan bhaja, pakodas, sabji or so on. Roasting baigan on coal based furnace gives a nice smoky flavor and tastes delicious. In this recipe, baingan has been roasted on coil based electric stove. You can also roast on a gas stove. This is mainly a Punjabi dish and very popular in Northern part of India. This goes very well with Bihari dish litti and also goes very well as side with paratha, rice and daal.