BISI BELE BATH

Ingredients:

             Boiled rice – 200g

            Toor dhall – 50g

            Mixed vegetables – 100g

            (carrot, beans, capsicum, brinjal, yellow pumpkin, yam, drumstick etc.)

            Onion – 1

            Small onions – 10

            Tomato - 2

            Curry leaves

            Tamarind – lemon size

            Salt

            Oil and ghee – as desired

            Mustard, fenugreek – ½ ts each

            Asafotedia – a pinch

            Cumin – ½ ts

To roast and grind:

           

Coriander seeds – 25g      

            Channa dhall – 25g

            Red chillies – 4         

            Coconut – 6 small pieces

Jaggery – 1 spoon  

           

Method:

            Soak rice and dhall for 15 minutes. Take a pressure cooker or pan. Add oil and add mustard, cumin, fenugreek, curry leaves, asafotedia one by one. Add onions, saute till it turns transparent , add the mixed vegetables and tomato. Saute till all the vegetables are half cooked. Add tamarind juice. Add water 3 times the quantity of rice and dhall. Allow the water to boil and add the soaked rice and dhall. Add salt and close the lid of the cooker when it starts boiling.

Cook upto 3 whistles on high flame and simmer it for 5 minutes and switch of the cooker. After pressure is released, open the pan and add the grinded powder and coriander leaves and mix well. Add 1 or 2 spoons of ghee to enhance taste and to give a glossy look.

Onion Raitha or Pappad will be a good side dish for this recipe.