Bengali Panta Bhat

2h 3m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Soak 1 cup of rice for 24 hours at room temperature.
  2. 2Add lemon zest and a few drops of gandhoraj or kaffir lime to the soaked rice (optional).
  3. 3Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a frying pan.
  4. 4Tempering 2 dry red chillies and smash them with 1 tsp of salt.
  5. 5Add 2 tbsp of fried onion to the smashed chillies and salt.
  6. 6Mash 3 large potatoes and mix them well with the fried onion, chillies and salt mixture.
  7. 7Finely chop 1 onion and mix with chopped chillies, 1 tsp of salt, and 2 tbsp of gram flour.
  8. 8Fry the mixture on low heat to make small peajis.
  9. 9Whisk 2 eggs with sliced onion and chopped chillies.
  10. 10Cook the egg mixture on low flame to make an omelet.
  11. 11Serve the soaked rice with the aloo bharta, peajis, omelet, mango achar and oil.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • 2 drops gandhoraj or kaffir lime
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 2 dry red chillies
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp fried onion
  • 3 large mashed potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp chopped chillies
  • 2 tbsp gram flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 sliced onion
  • 1 tsp chopped chillies
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 mango achar
  • 1 tsp oil

Equipment

bowlgraterknifefrying panspoonscissorstongs