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| Bisi Bele Bhath Recipe |
Ingredients Required For Preparing Bisi Bele Bhath
- rice 1/2 cup (washed and soaked in water for half an hour)
- toor dal – 3/4 cup
- medium potatoes peeled and cut into big chunks – 2
- carrot cut into big pieces – 1
- beans cut into long pieces – 100gms
- capsicum cut into big pieces (optional) – 1
(can also include vegetables like turnip, english gourd, cauliflower) - salt as per taste
- water to cook dal and rice
Ingredients Required For Seasoning
- oil – 3 table spoon
- mustars – 2 tspn
- gram dal – one tspn
- urad dal – one tspn
Ingredients Required For Paste:
- coconut – 1/2
- corriander seed – 1 and 1/2 table spoons
- gram dhal – 1 and 1/4table spoon
- urad dhal – 1 table spoon
- jeera (cumin seed) – 1 tsp
- red chillies – 10 – 12
- pepper – 4 to 5 corns
- cinnammon – 1 inch
- clove – 1
- fenukgreek and mustard – very few
- asafoetida – a pinch
- tamarind – small
- one medium onion
- one mediun tomato
- jaggery – a small piece
Method For Preparing Bisi Bele Bhath
- In a pressure cooker, put the dal and add enough water.
- Cook till half done, one whistle would be enough.
- Grind all the ingredients listed for paste.
- Roast all with a little oil till golden brown.
- Add this to the other ingredients required for the paste and grind till smooth.
- Once the dal is done, In a heavy based cooker or pan put oil.
- Once the oil is heated, add mustard and allow to splutter.
- Add the gram and urad dals and wait till golden brown.
- Now add the ground paste and stir for a minute or two.
- To this, add the cut vegetables and fry for a few minutes.
- Add the half cooked toor dal ( inclucing water) and the soaked and drained rice.
- Add enough water to cook the rice well. It may take the twice the
usual amount.The result should semi solid. - Add the salt and set the cooker, 1 or 2 whistles would be enough.
- Serve hot with a dollop of ghee (optional) with potato chips and any raitha.
