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Masale Bhat

5 from 4 votes
Masale Bhat is a flavoursome rice dish from South India. It is usually prepared during festive days.
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Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

  1. Cook the rice and keep it aside. The grains of rice  should be separate.
  2. Cut the vegetables.
  3. Put the potatoes to boil, when they are nalf done, add green peas to it.
  4. Make the spice mix by roasting the ingredients separately  under the section," For the Spice Mix" and grindd them to a powder.
  5. Make seasoning, add mustard seeds, as it crackles put bengal gram urad dal, asafoetida, turmeric powder and capsicum.
  6. Once the capsicum pieces are cooked, put the boiled peas and potato to it.
  7. Add three teaspoon of spice mix, a little chilli powder and salt.
  8. Mix it well, let cook for a minute.
  9. Switch off the gas, put the rice and mix it gently.
  10. 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.