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Ingredients for making varan:
How to make varan bhaat?
- Pressure cook toor dal and green chili by adding 1 cup water.
- Take a mixer jar and add grated coconut, turmeric powder and cumin seeds. Grind together by adding 1 cup water to form and thin gravy.
- In another kadai/wok, add ghee and when it heats add cumin seeds and asafoetida.
- After cumin seeds flutter, add ground gravy and pressure cooked dal.
- Add salt to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Serve with hot steamed rice (bhaat).
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Varan Bhaat
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
- Mixer grinder
- Kadai / wok / saucepan
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon toor dal
- 1 green chili
- 6 tablespoon grated coconut
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
For Tempering:
- 2 tablespoon clarified butter / Desi ghee / oil
- Pinch Of Asafoetida
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
Instructions
- Pressure cook the toor dal and green chili together by adding 1 cup water.
- Grind grated coconut, turmeric powder and cumin seeds by adding 1 cup water into a thin gravy.
- In another kadai/wok, add clarified butter(or oil) and when it heats add cumin seeds and asafoetida.
- After the cumin seeds flutter, add the ground gravy and pressure cooked dal.
- Add salt to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Video
Notes
Some people add curry leaves while tempering. This is optional. Instead of desi ghee oil can be used to make the recipe vegan.
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Note: Post was originally published on 15th Sept 2015 for Ganesh Chaturthi. Today (16-Nov-2019) I am re-publishing it.
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