Bore Basi

Name: Bore Basi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chhattisgarhi
Ingredients: 300 g Cooked rice; 500 ml Water; 150 g Okra; 1 medium Onion; 3 whole Green chillies; 1 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 0.5 tsp Mustard seeds; 6 leaves Curry leaves

Overnight water-soaked, mildly fermented cooked rice eaten cold with fried vegetables, salt and chillies, the traditional cooling meal of Chhattisgarhi farmers.

🇮🇳India· Chhattisgarh

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 10 min
Total: 20 min
Servings: 2
Difficulty: Easy
Calories: 160 kcal

Ingredients

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Servings

300 g Cooked rice — leftover, day-old
500 ml Water — to cover
150 g Okra — sliced
1 medium Onion — sliced
3 whole Green chillies
1 tsp Salt — to taste
2 tbsp mustard oil — for frying okra
½ tsp Mustard seeds — for tempering the okra
6 leaves Curry leaves — for tempering the okra

Equipment

•Earthen pot

Nutrition

Per serving, approximate

Calories: 160 kcal
fat: 2 g
carbs: 34 g
fibre: 2 g
protein: 3 g
calories: 160 kcal

Instructions

1
Put the cooked rice into an earthen or steel pot. Pour in enough water to cover it completely.
2
Cover the pot and leave it at room temperature overnight to soak and lightly ferment.
3
Next morning, shallow-fry the sliced okra in mustard oil with a pinch of salt until crisp, if using.
4
Ladle the soaked rice together with its water into a bowl.
5
Serve sliced onion, whole green chillies, salt and the fried okra on the side.
6
Eat by hand. Mix a little onion and chilli into each mouthful of rice.