Begun Bhorta Recipe (Bangladeshi Smoky Mashed Eggplant) | Saveur

Ingredients

• Fine salt
• 1 large eggplant (about 1 lb.), trimmed and sliced into 1 in.-thick rounds
• 3 Tbsp. mustard oil (see headnote), plus more for frying if needed
• 3 dried red Indian chiles, such as Kashmiri
• 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 small green Thai chile, chopped (optional)
• 1 tsp. finely chopped cilantro