Bisi Bele Bath

Name: Bisi Bele Bath
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 Chopped tomato; Salt as per taste; to taste Tamarind juice; Coriander leaves for garnishing; Boondi for garnishing; For Spice Powder:; 7-8 Dry red chillies; 1/8 tsp Fenugreek seeds; Water as required; 1 inch piece Cinnamon; 2 Cloves; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 2 Cardamom; 2 tsp Coriander seeds; 1 tbsp Chana dal; 1 tbsp Urad dal; 1 tbsp Dry coconut/chopped fresh coconut; 1 pinch asafoetida; 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds; 2 Dry red chillis; 1 tbsp Broken cashewnuts; 1 Chopped onion; 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste; 2 Chopped green chilli; 10-15 Curry leaves; 1 tbsp Oil/Ghee; 1/2 cup Chopped carrot; 1/2 cup Chopped french beans

Poonam Gupta @cook_11996502

Ahmedabad

#riceisthebest
Bisi Bele Bath Recipe---- This is a traditional dish from Karnataka, a South Indian state. If translate this bisibelebath (Kannada name), bisi means hot, bele means lentils and bath means the dish made with rice. So in short this is healthy one pot meal made with toor dal, rice, vegetables and a special spice blend. This is a tasty and flavourful dish.

Poonam Gupta @cook_11996502

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Ingredients

1 tspMustard seeds
1Chopped tomato
Salt as per taste
to tasteTamarind juice
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Boondi for garnishing
For Spice Powder:
7-8Dry red chillies
1/8 tspFenugreek seeds
Water as required
1 inchpiece Cinnamon
2Cloves
1 tspCumin seeds
2Cardamom
2 tspCoriander seeds
1 tbspChana dal
1 tbspUrad dal
1 tbspDry coconut/chopped fresh coconut
1 pinchasafoetida
1/2 tspMustard seeds
1/2 tspCumin seeds
2Dry red chillis
1 tbspBroken cashewnuts
1Chopped onion
1 tbspGinger garlic paste
2Chopped green chilli
10-15Curry leaves
1 tbspOil/Ghee
1/2 cupChopped carrot
1/2 cupChopped french beans
1/2 cupPeas
1Chopped onion
1/2 tspTurmeric powder
1/2 cupToor dal wash and soaked
1 cupRice wash and soaked

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Steps

1

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds cumin seeds dry red chillis broken cashewnuts small pieces of onion ginger garlic paste green chilli and curry leaves and saute for few seconds.
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Add asafoetida and all the chopped vegetables and saute them little and then add turmeric powder.
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Saute these vegetables little bit then add soaked dal and rice and add enough water.
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Just cover it with lid and let it boil till the rice is very well cooked and the dal is almost mashed up and all the vegetables are very soft.
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Now to make the spice powder for the bisi bele bath.
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For this dry roast all the ingredients make a powder.
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Heat a pan and add a little bit of red chillis, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds and cardamom.
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When mustard seeds start to crackle add coriander seeds.
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Make sure the flame is little bit low.
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Once coriander seeds are slightly coloured add chana dal and urad dal.
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Now add coconut powder or freshly chopped coconut and dry roast all these.
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Now take a blender and add the dry roast ingredients and blend them coarsely powdered.
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Now when the dal and rice almost three-fourths cook then add tomatoes and mix well.
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Add salt and some more water if required when the dal and rice are almost getting cooked.
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Then add this bisibelebath powder and mix well.
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Add tamarind juice and mix well.
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Garnish with coriander leaves roasted cashewnuts and boondi.
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Now Bisi Bele Bath is ready.
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Bisi Bele Bath serve with Raita, Papad and Pickle.