West Indian
Masale Bhaat (Spiced Mixed-Vegetable Rice)
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Masale Bhaat (Spiced Mixed-Vegetable Rice) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the rice and set it aside to drain.
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Heat the oil in a pot, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon, and bay leaf, and let them sizzle.
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Add the chopped mixed vegetables and saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
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Stir in the goda masala, turmeric, and grated coconut, and cook a minute until fragrant.
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Add the drained rice and toss gently to coat it in the spices.
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Pour in the water and salt, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low heat until the rice is fully cooked and the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
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Let it rest covered for 5 minutes, fluff with a fork, garnish with cilantro, and serve hot as a one-pot meal.
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Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Masale Bhaat (Spiced Mixed-Vegetable Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Masale Bhaat (Spiced Mixed-Vegetable Rice) carries sesame and coconut. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs) |
| Coconut | Yes | Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 430 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 69 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 720 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Masale Bhaat (Spiced Mixed-Vegetable Rice) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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