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June 17, 2013

Maharashtrian Masala Bhath

Blogging Marathon# 29: Week 3/ Day 1
Theme: Course Wise Meal from any State - Maharashtra/ Lunch Dishes
Dish: Masala Bath
Today we start 3rd week of Blogging Marathon (BM# 29) and my theme for this week is 'Course Wise Meal from any State'. I wanted to try dishes from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra or Uttar Pradesh. Luckily I found a newspaper cutout with Maharashtrian recipes that my MIL got for me 3 years ago.
Maharashtrian Masala Bhath
For the first day I made Masala bath from the paper. It is a one-pot dish, that is spicy, filling and packed with vegetables. I love these kind of dishes where you put all the ingredients in one pot and don't have to worry about side dishes, convenient for weeknight meals.
Ingredients:
Rice - 1cup
Eggplant - 2 small, chopped
Tindora (dondakaya) - 6-8 medium, chopped
Carrot - 1 small, peeled and chopped into 1" pieces
Green Peas - ¼cup
Cashews - 2tbsp
Turmeric - ¼tsp
Curry leaves - 10-12
Cinnamon stick - 1" piece
Cardamom pods - 3
Cloves - 3
Asafoetida/ Hing - ¼tsp
Cilantro - 2tbsp, finely chopped for ganish
Sugar - 1tsp
Salt - to taste

For Masala:
Grated Coconut - ½cup
Dry Red Chilies - 2-3
Coriander seeds - 2tsp
Cumin seeds - 2tsp

Method:

  • Make Masala: Dry roast all the masala ingredients separately until fragrant. Then grind into a powder and set aside.
  • To make Masala Bath: Soak rice for at least 30 minutes.
  • Heat 2tbsp ghee/ oil in a pressure cooker, add cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom pods. Fry till fragrant. Next add the ground masala, turmeric, hing, cashews, curry leaves and the vegetables. Cook for 5 minutes.
  • Next add rice, 2 cups of water, salt and sugar. Cook for 2-3 whistles. Serve garnished with chopped cilantro.
Maharashtrian Masala Bhath
Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 29.
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16 comments:

  1. Woww.. Lovely and colorful rice.. looks absolutely inviting.. love it :)

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  2. Even I love such one pot meals and no need to worry about the side dish. That is one colorful inviting pot of masala bhath.

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  3. Me too love one pot meals! !! Masala bhath looks very inviting and as usual awesome clicks! !!

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  4. One of the traditional Maharashtrian dish,love it very much.

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  5. Ah, that picture looks very inviting Pavani and I have prepared something very similar to this..:)

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  6. Healthy and filling one pot rice ..

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  7. Love this simple and flavored rice, thinking about tomorrows lunch box will try this.

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  8. One pot meals are the best..and this one looks so colorful. Lovely.

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  9. Looks delicious! I love one pot meals. Perfect for the weeknights!

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  10. Had this once at my friends place. Tastes delicious

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  11. Yea , one pot meals are truly a blessing in disguise. Love the rice with all those veggies...

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  12. Looks so colorful and I always like one pot meals...

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  13. Such one pot meals save the day!

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