vegan
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,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n food preparation involving
pigeon pea
The pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'') is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Old World. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeas ...
dal
In Indian cuisine, ''dal'' (also spelled ''daal'' or ''dhal''; pronunciation: , Hindi: दाल, Urdu: ) are dried, split pulses (e.g., lentils, peas, and beans) that do not require soaking before cooking. India is the largest producer of p ...
and rice as its main ingredients. It belongs to
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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and
Goan cuisine
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. Its other ingredients are
turmeric powder
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asafoetida
Asafoetida (; also spelled asafetida)
is the dried latex ( gum oleoresin) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of ''Ferula'', perennial herbs growing tall. They are part of the celery family, Umbelliferae. Asafoetida is thou ...
,
jaggery
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and
salt
Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...
. According to
Sanjeev Kapoor
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, it is a part of a Goan wedding meal.
Naivedhya
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offered to
Ganapati
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on
Ganesh Chaturthi
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includes varan bhaat. It has been described as a favourite dish or
comfort food
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by celebrities such as
Priya Bapat
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,
Yatin Karyekar
Yatin Karyekar is a veteran Indian actor in the Bollywood film industry. He was also part of long running television serial ''Shanti (TV series), Shanti''. He appeared in the role of Aurangzeb in popular Marathi serial Raja Shivchhatrapati.
...
, the late
Bhimsen Joshi
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi BR (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the '' khaya ...
.
Shobha De
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describes herself as one who is "as Marathi as varan bhaat", thus considering it as a quintessentially Marathi food preparation. Varan bhaat has been described as "filling and non-spicy" and good to have during the Indian summers. According to
Tarla Dalal
Tarla Dalal (3 June 1936 – 6 November 2013) was an Indian food writer, chef, cookbook author and host of cooking shows. Her first cook book, ''The Pleasures of Vegetarian Cooking'', was published in 1974. Since then, she wrote over 100 books a ...
the
Gujarat
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i preparation "lachko dal" and rice combination is similar to varan bhaat. A
CNN
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story includes it in the list of "40 Mumbai foods we can't live without", describing varan bhaat as "simple and humble... soul satisfying food of
Mumbai
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