Tendli Bhaat

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tendli bhaat - ivy gourd rice

tendli bhaat - spiced and aromatic one pot rice recipe made with tendli or ivy gourds. a delicious rice recipe
from the maharashtrian cuisine.

Course main
Cuisine Maharashtrian

Prep Time 15 minutes


Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 3 to 4
Author dassana

Ingredients
200 to 250 grams tendli (tondli or ivy gourd)
1.5 cups ambe mohur riceor sona masuri or basmati rice
3 cups water for cooking rice
1 tablespoon fresh yogurt (dahi or curd) - optional
2 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds (rai)
2 small tej patta or 1 medium to large tej patta (indian ba
y leaf)
½ inch ginger (adrak) - chopped
1 to 2 green chilies (hari mirch) - chopped
1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder(haldi)
½ teaspoon red chili powder (lal mirch powder)
3 teaspoon goda masala or add as required - you can add ½ teaspoon gar
am masala powder
instead of goda masala
10 to 12 whole cashews (kaju)
2 to 3 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves(dhania patta)
salt as required

Instructions
1. rinse the rice for a couple of times with water. then soak rice in water for 15 to 20 minutes. later
drain the water from the rice and keep aside.
2. when the rice is soaking, prep up by rinsing and then slicing the tendli in 2 or 4 vertical slices.
3. heat 2 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker.
4. add 1 tsp mustard seeds and crackle them. then add 2 small bay leaves. stir.
5. now add 1 tsp finely chopped ginger and 1 tsp chopped green chilies. saute till theaw
r aroma of
ginger goes away.
6. add the tendli slices and stir very well. saute for 3 to 4 minutes on a low to medium flame.
7. now add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp red chili powder, 3 tsp goda masala and a pinch of
asafoetida.
8. stir very well and then add the rice.
9. stir and saute the rice for a minute.
10. now add 10 to 12 cashews and 1 tbsp fresh curd. adding curd is optional and you can skip it.
instead of curd, you can also add 1 small chopped tomato. mix the curd with the rest of the
ingredients.
11. then add 3 cups water and season with salt as required.
12. stir very well and bring the rice mixture to a boil without a lid.
13. then cover the pressure cooker with its lid and pressure cook rice on a medium flame for 2
whistles.
14. when the pressure settles down, open the lid and add 2 to 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.
15. gently mix the coriander leaves with the rice.
16. serve tondli bhaat plain or with a side arita or yogurt or with some pickle.

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