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Masale Bhat

Masale Bhat is a flavoursome rice dish from South India. It is usually prepared during festive days.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 3 potato
  • 2 capsicum
  • 1 cup green peas
  • 3 teaspoon spice mix
  • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
  • salt to taste
  • For the seasoning :
  • 3 tablespoon oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard
  • 2 teaspoon bengal gram
  • 2 teaspoon urad dal
  • 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • a few curry leaves
  • For the spice mix:
  • 3 tablespoon coriander seed
  • 1 tablespoon bengal gram
  • 1 tablespoon urad dal
  • 6 dry red chilli
  • a few curry leaves
  • 2 cloves
  • 15 pepper corn
  • 1 inch cinnamon

Instructions

  • Cook the rice and keep it aside. The grains of rice  should be separate.
  • Cut the vegetables.
  • Put the potatoes to boil, when they are nalf done, add green peas to it.
  • Make the spice mix by roasting the ingredients separately  under the section," For the Spice Mix" and grindd them to a powder.
  • Make seasoning, add mustard seeds, as it crackles put bengal gram urad dal, asafoetida, turmeric powder and capsicum.
  • Once the capsicum pieces are cooked, put the boiled peas and potato to it.
  • Add three teaspoon of spice mix, a little chilli powder and salt.
  • Mix it well, let cook for a minute.
  • Switch off the gas, put the rice and mix it gently.
  • You may garnish with fresh coriander.

Notes

The rice should be well cooked but the grains must be separate.
You can keep the spice mix in a clean, airtight container.