BISI BELA BATH

BISI BELA BATH

1 cup rice
½ cup toor dal soaked for 20 minutes
1 lime sized tamarind (soaked in 1 cup of water)
Some like to use lime juice.

¼ cup fresh peas
1 potato cut into cubes
10 beans cut into ½ inch in length
¼ cup carrots cut
½ cup shallots
A good pinch of asafoetida
1 tbs oil
1 sprig curry leaves
¼ tsp mustard seeds
2 tbs ghee
2 tbs cashew nuts
Salt to taste

Bisi Bela Powder:
10 red chillies
1 ½ tsp coriander seeds
¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
½ tsp urad dal
1 tbs channa dal
1 tbs poppy seeds
1, small inch cinnamon stick
1 ½ tbs grated coconut
1 tsp oil

Method:
Roast the above ingredients using the 1 tsp oil.
Cool and grind it into powder.

In a big pot, add the rice and the toor dal.
Add about 6 cups of water, and cook on medium heat
till it is cooked and is like ponggal.

Heat a pot with the oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves.
Add in the whole shallots and sauté.
Now add in the potato, peas,carrots and beans.
Stir well once. Add in the asafoetida powder.
Add in the tamarind water, and boil in medium
Heat till the raw smell goes, and veges cooked.

Now add in the salt and the ground bisi bela powder.
Mix well without any lumps.
Now pour the tamarind gravy, into the cooked rice.
Mix well so that all the gravy is well mixed with the rice.
Cook for few minutes.
Now heat the ghee and fry the cashew nuts.
Sprinkle the nuts and ghee and mix well.
Serve with crisp fried potato chips and onion raitha.