Recipe: Delicious Maharashtrian Vangi Bhaat

Maharashtrian Vangi Bhaat.

Maharashtrian Vangi Bhaat You can cook Maharashtrian Vangi Bhaat using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Maharashtrian Vangi Bhaat

  1. It's 1 cup of Basmati rice, soaked for an hour.
  2. Prepare 4-5 of long eggplants, chopped to 1" pieces.
  3. You need 2-3 tbsp of oil.
  4. It's 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds.
  6. You need 1 tsp of asafoetida.
  7. You need 1 of Sprig curry leaves.
  8. You need 8-10 of peppercorns.
  9. It's to taste of salt.
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
  11. Prepare 3 tbsp of goda masala (see below for the recipe).
  12. You need 12-15 of fried cashewnuts.
  13. It's of coriander leaves to garnish.
  14. Prepare of For Goda Masala.
  15. It's 2 tbsp of coriander seeds.
  16. It's 1 tbsp of cumin seeds.
  17. You need 1 of bay leaf.
  18. You need 1 inch of cinnamon.
  19. It's 2 of green cardamoms.
  20. It's 4-5 of cloves.
  21. It's 2 of dry red chilies.
  22. You need 3 tbsp of fresh grated coconut.
  23. Prepare 1 tbsp of sesame seeds.

Maharashtrian Vangi Bhaat step by step

  1. Heat oil in a pan and temper with the cumin seeds and mustard seeds. After it stops spluttering, add the asafoetida, peppercorns and the curry leaves..
  2. Now add the chopped eggplants, turmeric powder and salt and saute till light brown. Add the rice, half of the cashew nuts, goda masala and 1 1/2 cups water..
  3. Pressure cook for 2 whistles. Remove when cool and serve, garnished with cashew nuts and coriander leaves..
  4. Goda Masala - Dry roast the coconut first till golden brown. Keep aside. Then roast all the other ingredients for a minute on low flame. When cool, grind them into a powder and store in an air tight container..