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bhat

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Cooked rice served as a main food in South Asia

noun

Indian

: bhat

We paused for a cup of tea and a plate of dal bhat, then pressed on.

Examples

For lunch, I enjoyed a traditional plate of bhat served with spicy curry.
The restaurant is famous for its delicious bhat paired with fresh vegetables.
In many South Asian households, bhat is a staple food served with every meal.

Surface Forms

bhat singular

bhats plural

Etymology

Bhat comes from an old South Asian word used in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali meaning 'cooked rice'. So bhat still means the simple staple food of boiled or steamed rice that many people eat every day.