Varaan Bhaat
Varaan Bhaat is a special preparation of the people
of Maharashtra. It will taste yummy when taken with basmati rice. You can
use other rice also. Try out cooking this scrumptious dish yourself at home.
The ingredients and cooking method are given below. So what are you waiting
for? Prepare this wonderful dish by yourself for your family and friends.
Ingredients
- For Tadka
- 4-5 tsp: Ground nut oil
- ½ tsp: Mustard seeds
- ½ tsp: Cumin seeds
- 5-6: Curry leaves
- 3 pc: Chopped garlic
- 2-3: Slit green chillies
- 1 small pc: Ginger
- For the Paste
- Toor / Ahrar dal
- ½ cup: Grated coconut
- 3-4 cloves: Garlic
- ½ tsp: Cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp: Turmeric powder
- ½ tsp: Coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
- ½ cup: Water
Method
- The first thing to do is to make a paste of coconut, garlic and cumin
seeds. Keep it seperately. After the paste is prepared, take a frying
pan and heat oil in it. Make tadka of mustard and cumin seeds, slit
green chillies, curry leaves, garlic and ginger.
- Next, add the paste, prepared earlier, along with turmeric powder to
the pan. Add salt to it according to your taste. Saute it for five
minutes till the tadka turns red.
- Now add pre-boiled dal and water to the tadka. Put it to one boil
and vaaran is ready. Garnish the preparation with coriander and savour
it with basmati rice.
