Bengali Rice Congee

Bengali Rice Congee

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, Bengali Rice Congee. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Bengali Rice Congee is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Bengali Rice Congee is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Many things affect the quality of taste from Bengali Rice Congee, starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don’t worry if you want to prepare Bengali Rice Congee delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

As for the number of servings that can be served to make Bengali Rice Congee is 2 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Bengali Rice Congee estimated approx 35 minutes.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook Bengali Rice Congee using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Jau bhaat, phenaa bhat or more globally known as Congee. Congee is an English word. It came from the tamil word kanji. Congee is a savory rice porridge. Its rice cooked with lots of water. Every region has their own way of making it. Congee originated in China and dates back to about 1000 yrs BC. So its been around for a while.
I made it my way in an Instantpot to save time. I made it how its done in Bangladesh. Hope you like it. There’s no limit to congee combinations. Depending on one’s choice, it might contain chicken, fish, eggs, vegetables, herbs, spices, grains, condiments…maybe everything I mentioned. It’s the ultimate comfort food.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Bengali Rice Congee:

  1. 1 cup rice. I used short grain rice. basmati will do too
  2. 1/3 cup lentil (masoor daal)
  3. large chunks (used 4 pieces) of pumpkin, green papaya, potatoes, 5-6 whole okras
  4. 6 cups water (can go up to 8 cups in total)
  5. 2 green onion stalk
  6. chunk of ginger
  7. 1 tsp chicken broth mix
  8. 7-8 garlic cloves
  9. 3 tbsp mustard oil
  10. 1 tbsp ghee
  11. 1 lb jumbo tiger shrimp
  12. 1/2 tsp paprika,
  13. salt and pepper tastewise
  14. 1 egg (optional)
  15. store bought fried garlic bits for garnishing (optional)

Steps to make to make Bengali Rice Congee

  1. Step 1- Wash the 1 cup rice and 1/3 daal together in cold water. Wash and rinse about 5 6 times.bengali rice congee step 1
  2. Step 2- Cut pumpkin,green papaya, potato into 4 large chunks
  3. Step 3- add6 cups of water to the rice and daal mix in the instantpot containter. I wanted the consistency to be a bit thick. If you want it more liquidy, add 2 more cups of water. Add Salt tasteswise, I will be adding some chicken broth mix later on, add 1 whole green onion stalk, chunk of ginger, a teaspoon of chicken broth, mix everything in.bengali rice congee step 1
  4. Step 4- Put the nozzle in the seal position. Cook on high pressure for 17 minutesbengali rice congee step 1
  5. Step 5-mince 7-8 garlic cloves and 1 green onionbengali rice congee step 1
  6. Step 6- Marinate 1 lb jumbo tiger shrimp with ½ tsp paprika, Salt and pepper tastewise. Marinate for 10 minutesbengali rice congee step 1
  7. Step 7- once 17 minutes are up rest instantpot for 15 minutes without releasing the pressure
  8. Step 8- heat 3 tbsp mustard oil and 1 tbsp ghee on med hi. Add the minced garlic onion mix. Saute for a minute. Add the shrimp. And cook 3 minutes/sidebengali rice congee step 1
  9. Step 9- Fry an egg (optional). heat 1 tsp oil on med hi, crack egg and cook for few minutes
    Step 10- Plate everything. Garnish with some optional fried garlic bits. Enjoy !!bengali rice congee step 1bengali rice congee step 2
  10. Step 9- Fry an egg (optional). heat 1 tsp oil on med hi, crack egg and cook for few minutes
    Step 10- Plate everything. Garnish with some optional fried garlic bits. Enjoy !!
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