I do take some recipes for granted. This Vaangi Bhaat is one of mom’s signature dishes.Almost a year ago,I posted the Vaangi Bhaat Spice powder . I prepared this rice but never got around to post it. After a few weeks the spice mix was over and I forgot about the recipe that had to be posted.
Last night when I was going through the various recipe name to prepare something with ‘V’, out of the blue, this name struck me.I remember writing down this recipe as mom dictated and yes, i found it in my drafts!!
I was so happy that I need not write the recipe and I prepared a fresh batch of spice mix this morning and also made this dish.
Vaangi Bhaat is a dish from Karnataka and it literally means Brinjal Rice and is quite popular too..
Mom uses:
Rice – 1 cup
Vaangi bhaat spice mix – 2 tablespoons
Brinjal- 1/4 kilo
Mustard -1 teaspoon
Urad dal- 1 teaspoon
Gram dal-1 teaspoon
Red chilli -1, broken
Curry leaves- a few
Oil- 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Roasted groundnuts-2 tablespoons,coarsely crushed
Toasted sesame seeds- 1 teaspoon
- Cook rice so that grains are separate and spread out on a plate to cool.
- Wash the brinjal and cut it into thin strips. Keep under water till ready to use.
- Heat oil in a pan put in mustard, urad dal and gram dal.
- When the mustard crackles and the dal turns brown, add the curry leaves and the drained brinjal.[Discard the water].
- Lower the flame and saute brinjal till it is almost cooked.[I usually don’t sprinkle water and let it cook.I just saute it on low flame spreading teh brinjal in the pan so that it sort of gets crisp.]
- Add the vaangi bhaat spice mix and salt. Mix well.
- Put in the cooked rice and mix well.
- Let it cook on low flame for a few minutes for the flavors to combine.
- Just before switching off the flame add the peanuts and sesame seeds.
- Mix it and serve hot with pappad / raita.
Note :
- Adjust the spice mix to suit your taste
- The addition of roasted peanuts and sesame seeds is optional. But they give a nice crunch to the dish.
- You can make this with leftover rice too..
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Sounds very tasty..Love this!
aromatic vangi bath dear
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very authentic and yummy brinjal rice…
My post for the day also starts with V (vatra kuzhambu). Vangi bath is a good choice and the rice looks nice!
cool – i thought brinjal would make the rice creamy, but this looks cool
superb rice preperation, i think i should try this… thanks for sharing it
Never Tried and Tasted too… Hope to try for sure.. Thanks for sharing .
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Droolworthy brinjal rice,wonderful platter.
yummy and super baath
Love it. We make a totally different version of vangi bhath powder and this is like the most admired and prepared party dish in my husband's family.
Love it! Growing up, I used to take out all the eggplants from the rice and enjoy the rice (Owing to allergies. But these days I prepare Vangibath without eggplants and enjoy!!
I can eat Vangi bath anytime PJ..it's like I never can say no to what my mom makes..:)..your masala podi might go into bookmarked ones..thanks
looks delicious…if only I liked eggplant..maybe I can substitute zucchini
wow..delicious and tempting .
My all time favorite dish.. Vangi bhath looks amazing.
Rice look so tempting and colorful
Wow one of my favorite too Bookmarked your vangibath masala. mine is little different..
Nice preparation,perfect for lunch box…
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