Spiced vegetables over rice

Name: Spiced vegetables over rice
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 small turnip, peeled and cut into bitesize pieces; 115 g/4 oz carrots, peeled and cut into bitesize pieces; 45 ml/3 tbsp mustard oil, plus extra for drizzling (optional); ½ small green cabbage; 2.5 ml/½ tsp black or brown mustard seeds; 2.5 ml/½ tsp black or brown mustard seeds; 2 whole dried red chillies; 2.5 ml/½ tsp cumin seeds; 115 g/4 oz baby spinach leaves; 1-2 fresh green chillies, chopped (deseeded if preferred); Plain Boiled Rice, to serve; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt, or to taste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Tarkari Bhate is one of many tasty Bengali dishes made using steamed vegetables and lentils, which are spiced up and served with rice. The distinctive taste in Bengali cuisine comes from mustard oil.

Ingredients

115 g/4 oz carrots, peeled and cut into bitesize pieces
1 small turnip, peeled and cut into bitesize pieces<

Asia
India
East India
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Place the carrots, turnip and cabbage in an electronic steamer, or in a steamer basket placed over a pan of simmering water, and steam until tender but firm.
Heat the oil in a frying pan until smoking point is reached. Switch off the h