Bisi Bele Huli Ana (Hot Lentils & Rice)

Name: Bisi Bele Huli Ana (Hot Lentils & Rice)
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 2 serves
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups leftover sambhar; 1 cup rice (any small variety will do); 1 tsp sambhar Masala; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 cup fried cashews; 1 tbsp ghee; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 10-12 curry leaves; 1/2 tsp asafoetida; Salt to taste; 2 tbsp ghee to pour on top of the dish; Fried rice papads as an accompaniment

Bina Samir Telivala @Bina_Samir

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A South Indian rice & dal dish served as a one pot meal is of Kannada origin . It is usually served with a dollop of ghee on top & has a lot of fried cashews in it . One can say that lentil rice is loaded with ghee . It is sometimes made with leftover sambhar. And sometimes made with freshly made sambhar cooked with rice & spices .
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Bina Samir Telivala @Bina_Samir

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Ingredients

25 minutes

2 serves

1 1/2 cupsleftover sambhar
1 cuprice (any small variety will do)
1 tspsambhar Masala
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1/4 cupfried cashews
Tempering :
1 tbspghee
1 tspmustard seeds
10-12curry leaves
1/2 tspasafoetida
Salt to taste
2 tbspghee to pour on top of the dish
Fried rice papads as an accompaniment

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Steps

25 minutes

1

In a pressure cooker take ghee & fry the cashews. Remove. Keep aside. Add leftover sambhar, add washed & soaked rice in the pressure cooker. Add 1/2 of fried cashews also. Add 1/2 cup soaked water.
2

Add all the dry spices & salt. Mix. Close the pressure cooker & take 3 whistles. Wait for pressure to release & then open the pressure cooker.
3

Tempering : Take ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds & let them splutter. Add curry leaves & cashews. Fry cashews till golden. Switch off the flame. Remove the cashews & mix half of them in the cooked rice. Add asafoetida in ghee & mix this in the rice.
4

Take Bisi Bele in a serving plate. Top it up with remaining cashews & pour ghee on top of hot Bisi Bele. Garnish with fried rice papads & serve immediately.