Masala Bhaat
Masala Bhaat is a Maharashtra Indian dinner dish made with basmati or ambemohar rice, potato, green peas, onion and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 30 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~420 kcal
- Course
- Dinner
- Cuisine
- Maharashtra (Indian)
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Ingredients
Quantities below are a guide for a typical household portion — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- 1 cup Basmati or Ambemohar rice
- 1 medium potato, diced
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Goda Masala
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- Salt to taste
- 2 cups water
Method
- 1Wash rice and soak for 15 minutes, then drain.
- 2Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- 3Add chopped onion and sauté until golden. Add diced potato and peas, sauté for 5 minutes.
- 4Stir in turmeric powder and Goda Masala. Add the drained rice, mix gently.
- 5Add hot water and salt, bring to a boil. Cover and cook on low heat until rice is done.
- 6Let it rest for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork. Serve hot.
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
