Air Fried Eggplant-Roast Baingan/Eggplant in Air Fryer

Air Fryer is the easiest way to roast/grill eggplant for recipes like Indian Baingan Bharta, Chokha and dips like Baba Ganoush. It’s mess free and the dark skin gets charred perfectly leaving the inside of the eggplant/baingan cooked and meaty.

 

Always on the lookout to make traditional recipes easier and healthier, I found the roasting of eggplant/baingan in an Air Fryer a snap to make. The traditional way requires roasting on an open flame- which is great for the lovely smoky flavor but a chore to clean! My family is a huge fan of Baingan Bharta and Baba Ganoush and having the Air fryer do the work while I chop vegetables and attend to other things is definitely a plus.

Recipe updated with new pictures on 6/25/2024

For more Eggplant/Baingan Recipes do try out –

Baingan Aloo- No onion and Garlic Recipe

Baingan Bharta in a pressure cooker

Litti Chokha in Appe Pan

For more Air Fryer recipes, do check out-

Palak Pakora/Spinach Fritter-Air Fryer Recipe

Indian Bread Rolls-Air Fried Potato Stuffed Bread Rolls

Air Fried Roasted Red pepper Hummus

Moving on to the recipe, here is the written recipe followed by the step by step pictorial one-

Air Fried Eggplant/Baingan-Roast Eggplant/Baingan in Air Fryer

Aanchal Gupta

Air Fryer is the easiest way to roast/grill eggplant for recipes like Indian Baingan Bharta,Chokha and dips like Baba Ganoush. Its mess free and the dark skin gets charred perfectly leaving the inside of the eggplant/baingan cooked and meaty.

4.50 from 2 votes

Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes

Course Appetizer/Main Course
Cuisine American, Indian, Mediterranean

Servings 2 cups cooked and mashed eggplant

Equipment

  • 1 Air fryer
  • 1 tongs
  • 1 pastry brush

Ingredients

  

  • 1 large Eggplant/Baingan/Aubergine
  • 4 large cloves of garlic optional
  • 1-2 teaspoons oil for brushing

Instructions

 

  • Preheat Air Fryer at 370 F /190C for 5 minutes
  • Wash and dry the Eggplant/Baingan/aubergine
  • Make 4 DEEP slits in the Eggplant/baingan/aubergine and place a clove of garlic in the slits(optional)
  • Rub oil all over the eggplant and cook at 370 F/ 190C for 5 minutes
  • Brush oil, flip and cook a second time at 370 F/ 190C for 5 minutes
  • Flip the eggplant and third time cook at 400 F/200 C for 5 minutes
  • Last time, flip and air fry at 400 F/200 C for 5 minutes
  • Remove from Air Fryer on to a plate and IMMEDIATELY use a fork to remove the charred skin
  • Mash the eggplant with a fork and use in Bharta, Baba Ghanoush and Chokha

Notes

Adding the garlic is optional and some recipes may not require the use of garlic. Roasted garlic does give a very unique taste to the eggplant. Try to remove the charred skin of the eggplant/baingan as quickly as possible. The longer the skin stays on the eggplant, it bleeds its color on to the meaty part, making it dark. That in turn turns the dish dark, making it unappealing. Use a fork and knife to remove the skin.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g

Keyword Air fried whole eggplant, Air fry baingan for bharta, Air fry brinjual for baba ghanoush, roast whole eggplant in air fryer, Roasted eggplant
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Here is the step by step pictorial recipe-

Wash and pat dry a large eggplant/baingan/aubergine

Make DEEP slits into the eggplant and insert garlic cloves into the slits

Rub/brush oil all over the eggplant/baingan

Preheat Air fryer at 370 F for 5 minutes

First cook the eggplant at 370 for 5 minutes

Brush oil and flip eggplant and cook again at 370 F for 5 minutes

Change side and cook at 400 F for 5 minutes

Lastly, flip again and cook at 400 F for 5 minutes

Total cook time is 20 minutes. 10 minutes at 370 F and 10 minutes at 400 F changing sides every 5 minutes

Remove the Roasted/grilled eggplant/baingan on a plate and cut the tail end with a knife

Use a knife and fork and remove the charred skin

Mash the eggplant/baingan with fork

 

(If using it for Bharta, you don’t need to mash it, it will become soft and mushy while cooking with onions and tomatoes)

Use for Baingan Bharta, Baba Ganoush and Chokha

Recipe for Baingan Bharta coming soon!

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8 Responses

    • Aanchal Gupta

      I just manually set the temperature and timer. What options are available in your air fryer?

  1. Chris Alexanian

    4 stars
    I’m trying this for the first time. We would normally buy our baba ganoush but it’s expensive. If I can get this right, it might change my life.

    And yes! It’s perfect. And the garlic is perfect too.

    Thank you.

    While I’m here, may I suggest that you give temperatures in Celsius as well as Fahrenheit, though, because I almost scrolled on by.

    • Aanchal Gupta

      Hi Chris, hope your baba ganoush turns out awesome with this recipe. Please share your feedback. Thanks for the suggestion about giving temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. Will do in future recipes. Thanks for stopping by.

  2. Sangita

    5 stars
    Amazing recipe! Great instructions and pictures!

    It’s not nice of Chris to a take a star off due to Celsius and Fahrenheit.

  3. Varsha S

    Hi Aanchal,
    Does this recipe give the roasted baingan desi bharta flavor?
    Thank you
    Varsha

    • Aanchal Gupta

      Hi Varsha, it roasts the baingan perfectly for the bharta, but for the smoked flavor, I would use a piece of smoking charcoal or liquid smoke.

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