Description
Bisi (means hot) Bele (means lentils) Bath (means sauce mixed with rice) is a Karnataka special rice dish. It is sunday special dish also. My mothers preperation is different, and i follow her recipe to prepare this dish.Bisi Bele Bath ,a traditional dish of the Karnataka people in india, requires slow cooking of yellow lentils, raw rice and vegetables with aromatic spices.This rice dish is full of carbohydrates,proteins,antioxidants and vital nutrients (vegetables like onions,peas,beans,carrots,potatoes) and tamarind gives u proper digestion. i Just want to share with u my style of preparing this dish. try it out.enjoy.
| Ingredients-1 | |
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| 1½ cup | Long grained rice (basmathi rice or raw rice) |
| ½ cup | Toor dhal (yellow masoor dhal can be used) |
| Ingredients-2 | |
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| 2 nos | Onion medium ( chopped finely) |
| 2 cup | Tamarind juice (soak lemon size tamarind in 1 cup of water and extract juice) |
| 2 no | Green chilli (slit open) |
| 1½ T | Oil |
| 1 T | Ghee |
| 5 nos | Curry leaves |
| 2 cup | Mixed vegetables (potatoes,carrots,beans,peas) |
| Ingredients-3 | |
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| 1 T | Ghee |
| 1½ T | Corriander seeds / malli |
| 5 nos | Red chilli |
| ½ tsp | Urad dhal |
| ½ tsp | Channa dhal |
| 4 nos | Cloves |
| 1 inch | Cinnamon stick (small) |
| 2 nos | Cardomen (green) |
| 1 no | Bay leaf (small) |
| 10 nos | Curry leaves |
| 1½ T | Coconut (grated) |
| 4 nos | Marathi moggu |
| ½ tsp | Fennel seeds / perum serakam |
| ½ tsp | Jeera seeds |
| 2 tsp | Asafoedita |
| Ingredients-4 | |
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| 1 tsp | Mustard and cumin seeds |
| 10 nos | Cashewnuts |
| 4 nos | Green chillies (slit open) |
| Corriander leaves for garnishing | |
| Salt to taste | |
| 2 tsp | Raw rice (pachai arisi) |
Instructions
Pressure cook rice and toor dhal to gether with 7 cups of water.
Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a vessel and add all the above spices (in ing 3)and 2tsp raw rice except asafoetida and fry them on low flame for 2 min .
Add asafoetida just before you remove the spices off the flame and cool it .Grind the bisibelebath powder and keep it aside.
Spices
Cut all the vegetables and extract the tamarind juice . Keep everything ready.
Heat oil and ghee in pan, splutter mustard seed and jeera, Add onion,green chilli, curry leaves and saute well till golden brown. Then add cut vegetables.
Add the 1tbsp Bisibelebath powder, turmeric powder and add tamarind extract. Boil well till the vegetables are 3/4 cooked.add the salt.
Add the tamarind extract to the boiled rice, add 1/2 cup of water and Mix well.(Generally the consistency of the rice is like a thick dosa batter.If u want it little watery then add little more water than required. if want to have thick then reduce the water quantity to 2 cups.)
Cook in sim for 5 min.
Toast the cashew and green chillies in ghee and add it to the rice.
Garnish with corriander leaves. Serve hot with appalam and chips or potato fry.
Bisi Bele Bath
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Divya, Super explanation
Divya,
Super explanation and this is my all time favorite dish. Thanks for sharing.. Presentation is good.