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Masale Bhaat (Spiced Mixed-Vegetable Rice)

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.

45 min Medium Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups basmati rice
  • 2 cups mixed vegetables
  • 2 tsp goda masala
  • 2 tbsp grated coconut
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 3 tbsp neutral oil
  • 3 cups water
  • 1.25 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp chopped cilantro

How to cook it

  1. Rinse the rice and set it aside to drain.
  2. Heat the oil in a pot, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon, and bay leaf, and let them sizzle.
  3. Add the chopped mixed vegetables and saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
  4. Stir in the goda masala, turmeric, and grated coconut, and cook a minute until fragrant.
  5. Add the drained rice and toss gently to coat it in the spices.
  6. 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.
  7. Let it rest covered for 5 minutes, fluff with a fork, garnish with cilantro, and serve hot as a one-pot meal.

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.

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.

Every tracked allergen in Masale Bhaat (Spiced Mixed-Vegetable Rice)
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

Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.

Calorie band
Moderate
Protein
Low
Food groups it covers
Grains, Vegetables, and Nuts and seeds
How this was set
Hand audited

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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