Maharashtrian Varan Bhaat or Tuvar Dal and Steamed Rice

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook maharashtrian varan bhaat or tuvar dal and steamed rice using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Maharashtrian Varan Bhaat or Tuvar Dal and Steamed Rice:
  1. Take 1 cup Tuvar dal or split peogen pea lentils
  2. Prepare 1 cup Rice (sona masuri or choice of rice)
  3. Make ready 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  4. Make ready 2 pinch Asafoetida
  5. Get 1⁄2 tsp Oil
  6. Prepare 1 teaspoon Jaggery
  7. Take 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  8. Make ready 1⁄4 tsp Methi seeds(fenugreek)
  9. Make ready to taste Salt
  10. Get 2 tsp Ghee
  11. Prepare as needed Water

Varan Bhaat is Maharashtrian Arhar Dal Chawal recipe as Varan means Dal and Bhaat means Chawal in Marathi. This is a simple yet delicious dal with a hint of coconut and jaggery. This Varan tastes excellent with rice (Bhaat). Varan Bhaat Recipe (Maharashtrian Dal Rice) Pour this dal (varan) on hot and fluffy rice.

Instructions to make Maharashtrian Varan Bhaat or Tuvar Dal and Steamed Rice:
  1. Wash the rice and daal 3 to 4 times separately.
  2. Then soak them in 1.5 cups water each for 10 minutes.
  3. Then add turmeric, methi seeds, asafoetida, and oil to the daal. Add salt to the rice.
  4. Then boil 2 cups of water in pressure cooker. Then place the daal container at bottom and rice at the top. Close the cooker lid. Keep whistle whole open. Let steam arise from the whistle outlet, attach the whistle. Then pressure cook the daal and rice for 10 minutes.
  5. Then switch off flame and let the cooker cool down. When pressure is loosened, open lid. Remove the cooked rice and daal. Kee rice again back in the cooker till serving.
  6. Then mash the varan(daal) with a masher. Then heat a pan. Add ghee and heat it.
  7. Add cumin, Hing, turmeric and mix well. Then add the daal, jaggery and salt to taste and cook the daal till it reaches boiling point. Then cover and keep for 5 minutes. Now the varan bhaat is ready for serving.
  8. Serve in a thali. First make a round mold of rice and place in the plate. Pour some daal on top. Add ghee to taste. Serve with lemon and pickle and if preferred, any dry vegetable curry. Enjoy.

This Varan tastes excellent with rice (Bhaat). Varan Bhaat Recipe (Maharashtrian Dal Rice) Pour this dal (varan) on hot and fluffy rice. And, don't forget to squeeze some lemon on it before serving. Lemons are an excellent source of vitamin C and the slightly tangy taste takes the dish to another level altogether. Traditionally Maharashtrian Varan is made from toor or arhar dal.

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