Pakhala Bhata (Fermented rice dish)

Name: Pakhala Bhata (Fermented rice dish)
Total time: 30000 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked rice; 3 cups water for fermentation; 1 small onion sliced; 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; 1 green chilli chopped; 2 tbsp cud; 1 tsp salt; 1 lemon slice for garnishing; 1 tbsp mustard oil; 2 dry red chillies; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 6 curry leaves; 1/4 tsp hing(asafoetida)

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Breakfast Reinvented
Dish Name: Pakhala Bhata
Week 12

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Breakfast Reinvented
Dish Name: Pakhala Bhata
Week 12

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Ingredients

8 hours + 20 minutes

2 people

1 cupcooked rice
3 cupswater for fermentation
1small onion sliced
2 tbspchopped coriander leaves
1green chilli chopped
2 tbspcud
1 tspsalt
1lemon slice for garnishing
For the tadka:
1 tbspmustard oil
2dry red chillies
1 tspmustard seeds
1/2 tspcumin seeds
6curry leaves
1/4 tsphing(asafoetida)

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Steps

8 hours + 20 minutes

1

Put the cooked leftover rice in a bowl.
2

Now add water to the rice, cover it with a lid and let it rest overnight for it to ferment.
3

Next morning take the fermented rice. Add curd to it and mix well.
4

Now add sliced onions, chopped green chilli, chopped coriander leaves, salt and mix well.
5

Now heat mustard oil in a pan.Prepare a tadka by adding mustard seeds, cumin seeds,dry red chillies, asafoedita and curry leaves to the heated mustard oil.Finally pour it on the prepared fermented rice.
6

Mix everything well.
7

Pakhala Bhata is ready. Garnish with a lemon slice and serve it with potato bharta.