MAHARASTRAIN MASALE BHAAT (serves 2-3) 1 cup Basmati rice 1 cup gherkins (tondli/ tindora), quartered 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp dry, shredded coconut (copra) 4 cloves 2 (2cms) cinnamon sticks 1 tbsp sesame seeds 2 1/2 tbsp coriander seeds 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp mustard seeds a few curry leaves a pinch of asafoetida 3-4 green chillies, slit (adjust to taste) 5-6 cashewnuts, broken 3-4 tbsp oil salt to taste fresh coconut and cilantro for garnishing bhagyashree_s_2001 wrote: --- In indiancuisineandculture@yahoogroups.com, praveena ga