Bangladesh

Panta Bhat

Name: Panta Bhat
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Bangladesh
Ingredients: 400 g Cooked rice; 500 ml Water; 1 piece Red onion; 2 pieces Green chili; some of each Salt & mustard oil; as desired Fried fish (side)

Fermented water rice from Bengal

Panta bhat is a Bengali dish of cooked rice that ferments lightly when soaked in water overnight.

Cool and refreshing, it is eaten above all in the hot summer and at Bengali New Year with onion, chili and fried fish.

Servings2

Time15 min + overnight

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Cooked rice400 g
Water500 ml
Red onion1 piece
Green chili2 pieces
Salt & mustard oilsome of each
Fried fish (side)as desired

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cover cooked rice with water.
Let it stand overnight at room temperature.
Finely cut the onion and chili.
Season the rice with salt and mustard oil.
Serve with onion, chili and fried fish.

Make it original

Mustard oil for panta bhat is in the Asia Boutique.

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