Bisi Bele Bath: how to make at home
Ingridents:
- Rice-1 cup
- Toor dal- 1 cup
- Red chilli powder- 1 tbsp
- Coriander powder- 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder- ¼ tbsp
- Mustard seeds- ½ tbsp
- Tamarind- 1 tbsp (soaked in water)
- Asafoetida- 1 pinch
- Ghee- 3- 4 tbsp
- Curry leaves
- Salt- To taste
Vegetables
- 1 medium carrot
- 18 to 20 french beans
- ½ cup peas
- 1 medium onion or 3 to 4 shallots
- 1 medium tomato
- 1/4cup tamarind juice/pulp
- 3 tbsp Bisi Bele Bath masala
Method:
- Wash the rice and dal thoroughly in running water. Soak rice and dal in water for 1/2 n hours.
- Now, take a pressure cooker and add ghee into it. Put the soaked rice and dal into it. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and asafoetida into the cooker.
- Then, add the tamarind pulp into the cooker. Add 2 cups of water, add chopped vegetables and bisi bele bath powder and mix well . let the mixture cook for 10 to 15 min in medium flame
- Heat ghee or oil in a pan add mustard seeds and then temper the curry leaves, marathi moggu, dry red chilies, cashews and asafoetida till the dry red chilies change color and the cashews turn a light golden. don't burn the spices
- Pour this tempering in the prepared bisi bele bath. stir and cover the cooker with its lid for about 5 mins..
- Later serve the bisi bele bath with potato chips /fried papads.
