Masale Bhath

Masale Bhath is an imperative Rice dish cooked with seasonal vegetables and spices for every festive/wedding meal in Maharashtra which is very spicy and flavourful.. It is simple in terms of preparation, and it is an absolutely tasty dish yet so easy to make.

For Rice

Basmati Rice - 2 cups

Ghee - 3 tbsp

Onions - 2 large ones

Water - 3 cups

Salt to taste

Vegetables :

Tindora, Green peas, Cabbage, Pumpkin , Potato, Cauliflower, Carrot as per your choice

For Dry Masala (Roast all without oil and grind them to a fine powder.)

Coriander seeds- 2-1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds-1tsp

Sesame seeds-1tsp

badi elaichi-1

Cardamom - 3 pods

Cinnamon - 1 inch

Cloves - 3

Black Peppercorns – few

Turmeric powder- ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Redchilli powder-1tsp

Asafetida- pinch

Green chilli-2

For Garnishing

Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

Chopped coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Grated fresh coconut - 2 tbsp

Method to prepare:

1.   Soak rice in water for thirty minutes. Drain and set aside

2.   Heat  ghee in a pan and season with mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When they crackle, add curry leaves, asafoetida and green chili, and onion, saute until onion changes color.

3.  Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, and the roasted masala powder, mix well for a minute.

4.  Add the vegetables, salt , sprinkle some water and cook for 5 minutes. Then Add rice and mix well.

5.   Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and continue to cook covered until rice is done and all the water is absorbed.

6.   Remove from heat and serve hot, garnished with roasted cashewnuts, chopped coriander leaves and scraped coconut.

7.  Serve hot with a raita.

Missi Roti

Missi roti is traditional Rajasthan dish prepared from besan or gram flour. An excellent way of sprucing up the proteins in your diet, missi rotis are high in taste and health values. Adding besan in roti sounds so yummy and so different from regular plain rotis. This is a good replacement for chappathis . I prepared Rajasthani Missi Roti with my own touches and the family was pleased.It is quite a heavy meal. 

Ingredients:

Besan -1 cup

Whole wheat flour -1 cup

oil or ghee-2 tbsp

dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)- 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp

Carom seeds (ajwain)-1/4 tsp

Peppercorns5-6

Salt – asper taste

chilli powder-1/2 tsp

cumin seeds (jeera) powder-1/2 tsp

asafoetida (hing)- a pinch

Green chillies,-3chopped

Onion - 1chopped

Turmeric powder1/2 teaspoon

Fresh coriander leaves, -2 tbsp chopped

Oil1 tablespoon + for greasing

Butter as required

METHOD:

1.Take gram flour and whole wheat flour in a bowl. Roast cumin seeds, carom seeds, peppercorns

2.Pound them to a powder.Add green chillies, onion, salt, turmeric powder, coriander leaves and mix well. Add sufficient water and knead.

3.Add one tablespoon of oil and the pounded spice powder and knead into a dough. Cover and rest the dough for about fifteen minutes.

4.Make small balls and roll them slightly thicker than the usual chapati.. Heat a tawa and roast the rotis with a little oil till both sides are well done. Serve hot with a dollop of butter with curry of your choice

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