WEST INDIAN DISHES:LEELVA NU BHAAT RECIPE

LEELVA NU BHAAT RECIPE

Ingredients: 2 tblsp coriander leaves chopped 2 tblsp green chilli paste 2 red chillies whole 2 cup rice 3 tblsp oil 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 sprig green garlic chopped 1/2 tblsp ginger paste salt to taste  a pinch asafoetida 250 gms broad bean seeds (leelva) 

How to make leelva nu bhaat :

1. Clean, wash and soak the rice for half an hour. 
2. Remove away all the water. 
3. Heat up oil in a kadhai. 
4. Mix in mustard seeds, asafoetida and broken red chillies. 
5. When they start to crackle mix in leelva and ginger and green chilli pastes. 
6. Stir fry for a minute. 
7. Mix in rice. 
8. Stir fry for few minutes.
9. Mix in four cup of boiling water. 
10. Lower the heat up to simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) and stir fry until all the water has been absorbed. 
11. Serve hot, decorated with cut coriander and cut green garlic.