polibhaji.com

 

 

 

 

long grain rice - 1 cup

water - 1-3/4the cups or enough to cook rice

vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon

lemon juice - 1 teaspoon

salt to taste

split pigeon peas (toor daal) - 1 cup

turmeric - one fourth teaspoon

asafoetida - a pinch

clarified butter/ghee - no measure

 

 

1. Cook rice as per the procedure in steamed rice.

 

2. Cook toor daal (split pigeon peas) following the cooking procedure in daal (yellow lentil soup).

 

3. When done, place bhaat (rice) in a bowl or plate, pour varan (daal) on top of it. Mix well adding little bit of lemon juice , salt and a dollop of clarified butter/ghee. Yummy!! Eat either with  a chutney or pickle or any subji.

 

Varan-bhaat is extremely delicious as well nutritious. It is also called as baby food because of its nutritious value. Its easy to digest. A Maharashtrian meal is incomplete without varan-bhaat.

 

My husband eats varan-bhaat adding sugar, but I prefer without sugar.