A Guest Recipe-Daag Bhat(onion rice)
This week we have a special guest at Sindhirasoi, who has shared with me, a lot of information about Sindhi Food habits,food culture,and regional specialties in past few months.Let me introduce Surrayya in her own words;
Hobbies: Reading about mysticism, occasionally writing on issues which I feel are important to Sindh or the world.
Skills: Fluent in speaking ,reading and writing Sindhi language thanks to my father’s special efforts
Education: Graduate from United States (did my secondary education in England)
Aim: Promote Sindhi culture (food, fashion/fabric design, embroidery, gold/silver ornaments) to the rest of the world
So today i am sharing with you all a simple but fantastic Rice recipe,which is called Khushka or Daag bhaat.I never knew that Sindhis in neighboring country have such a variation in their food habits.Thanks to surrayya ….now i know!
According to Surrayya,Khushka or more popularly known as Daag bhat, serves as a side dish at lunch or dinner. In the mango season it is served with mangoes which can be sliced on the serving dish/plate or placed separately beside the khuskha dish. When its not the mango season khushka can be eaten with any curry !
Daag Bhat
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice: 2 cups
- Water: 2 cups
- Salt:1 tsp
- Chopped Onion: 1
- Cooking oil: 1 Tbsp
Method:
- Wash and soak rice in water for 20 minutes.
- Saute the onion in oil (make sure the onion doesn’t become brown), add salt put water. Bring to boil,
- Add rice when water starts boiling, lower the heat to simmer
- when the rice is done there will be smoke coming from the side of the saucepan
- Serve hot with chopped mango or curry of your choice
I made this Daagbhat and served with potato curry,and i must say i simply loved the subtle flavor of this onion rice in comparison to strongly flavorful Bhughe chaawal,wherein more of spices are added
Thanks surrayya,for sharing this traditional recipe with me,i am looking forward to many more of them…….
PS:Dear Srivalli had posted one of the recipe of my BIL on her blog Spiceyourlife .So just check it out !
I can never thank you enough for this ….valli….and i pray for you to be able to raise the money for Lakshmi’s heart surgery (kindly check the updates of fundraiser here )
September 15th, 2008 at 2:11 am
very interesting recipe Surrayya. i am curious as wheather its served with raw mango or ripe one!
Alka:Sia,enjoy it with anything u like,there cud not be any hard and fast rules for enjoying rice isn’t it?
September 15th, 2008 at 3:57 am
That picture as usual is lovely..and very interesting one…thanks for sharing this surrayya and Alka for bringing this to us!
Alka:Thanks valli,there are few more guests recipes which i m working upon,hope i will come up soon with those!
September 15th, 2008 at 4:41 am
Rice sounds interesting. Thanks Surrayya for sharing and Alka for giving her the space here.
Alka:Thanks Jayasree,it was my pleasure having surrayya here in my Rasoi
September 15th, 2008 at 6:29 am
this sounds yum,feel like tryin,..:-)
AlkaYes give it a shot!
September 15th, 2008 at 6:33 am
This is really very easy to make…..thanks for sharing
Alka:Yeah sangeeth it was so easy to make and i will thank surrayya in return!
September 15th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Something new and looks awesome.
Alka:Yes it was new to me too,but me and my son enjoyed having it!
September 15th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Rice looks so yummy …such a simple recipe and gives such wonderful result…lovely pic dear
Alka:Thanks priti,and yes it was so simple to make and good to taste!
September 15th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Simple flavorful recipe. cool close up shot.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Hi Alka
I made garlic rice on Sunday along with palak paneer and I see that you have posted onion rice.Looks wonderful and very appetizing.
Alka:Thanks sri,and yeah palak paneer was really yum!
September 16th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Alka,
check this site. looks like that blogger has posted a pic from ur blog. http://www.shadruchulu.blogspot.com/
Alka:Thanks for pointing it out to me…i really appreciate the concern!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Such a simple recipe, yet looks so appetizing. nice visual.
Alka:Thanks Divya,i m glad u liked it!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
looks lovely ..
Alka:And it tastes equally good…do give it a try!
September 17th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Simple and tasty!
Alka:Thanks !
September 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
you make plain stuff look so pretty. gorgeous pic.
Alka:And this comes from Jugalbandi….the creators of CLICK!…..I m on cloud nine!
September 18th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Looks lovely. And thanks to Surrayya for the recipe and Alka the picture is lovely
Alka:Thanks Medhaa….and how r u doing ?