Masale bhat In Cooker – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up oil in cooker.
• Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
• Add cinnamon, green cardamom, peppercorns, cloves and bay leaves. Fry for about a minute.
• Add onion and fry until it turns light golden. You can add sliced onion if you want.
• Add green chili–garlic paste. Fry for about a minute.
• Add goda masala, coriander powder, turmeric powder and red chili powder.
• Mix well and fry for about a minute.
• Add tomato and mix well.
• Add potato, cauliflower and mix well.
• Add green peas and mix well.
• You can add veggies fo your choice like French beans, carrot, brinjal.
• Take rice and wash it really good.
• Soak rice in enough water for 30 minutes.
• Add soaked rice and mix well.
• Add water, salt cashew nuts and mix well.
• Add ghee and close the lid. You can skip ghee if you don’t want.
• Cook rice on medium heat until 2 whistles.
• After 2 whistles, let the pressure release, open the lid and loosen the rice with fork.
• You can close the cooker after loosening the rice.
• Masale bhat is already.
• You can have masale bhat as it is. You can serve it with any raita.