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🍚Varan Bhaat with Tomato Saar

Name: Varan Bhaat with Tomato Saar
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Maharashtrian)
Ingredients: 0.5 cup rice; 0.5 cup toor dal; 2 medium tomato; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 pinch asafoetida; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 tbsp ghee; 0.25 piece lemon

Authentic maharashtrian indian lunch you can cook at home in about 30 minutes. 9 simple ingredients, step-by-step.

Total time

30 min

Serves

Per serving

460 kcal

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients (1 servings)

0.5 cuprice
0.5 cuptoor dal
2 mediumtomato
1 tspginger paste
1 pinchasafoetida
1 tspmustard seeds
1 sprigcurry leaves
1 tbspghee
0.25 piecelemon

Instructions

1
Pressure cook toor dal until soft; whisk smooth. Cook rice fluffy.
2
Boil dal with 2 cups water + asafoetida + salt; simmer 5 min — this is the saadha varan.
3
Make tomato saar: simmer chopped tomato in 1 cup water with ginger, salt, jaggery; strain.
4
Plate: rice with hot dal, ghee, and lemon squeeze; small bowl of saar on side.

Nutrition per serving

460

kcal · Calories

g · Protein

g · Carbs

g · Fat

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