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BISI BELE BHATH Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Bisi Bele Bhath (Karnataka meal)
  • Ingredients:
  • Tur dal - 1/2 cup
  • Rice - 11/2 cups
  • Madras onions - a handful
  • Small brinjals - 2
  • Carrot - 1
  • Drumsticks - 2
  • A small piece of vegetable marrow
  • Tamarind - size of a lime
  • Red chillies - 12
  • Green chillies - 4
  • Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
  • Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
  • Mustard - 2 tsp
  • Cashewnut - 20gms
  • Grated coconut
  • Asafoetida - a pinch
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Coriander leaves - few
  • Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
  • Aniseeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Cloves - 4
  • Cardamoms - 4
  • Cinnamon - a small piece
  • Ghee for frying
  • Salt to taste
  • Method:
  • Peel Madras onions. Peel and cut vegetables into 1 inch pieces. Wash rice and dal thoroughly. Place it in a container with 21/2 cups of water, a pinch of turmeric powder and chopped vegetables.
  • Heat a little oil in a frying pan. Add the 6 red chillies, fenugreek, coriander seeds and grated coconut. Fry until fenugreek turns golden brown in colour. Powder and keep aside, heat a little oil and fry poppy seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, aniseeds.
  • Powder and keep aside. Soak tamarind in a little water and extract juice. Heat a little oil, add remaining chillies, mustard, curry leaves and green chillies. When mustard crackles, add to rice and mix well. Add tamarind juice and salt to taste and mix thoroughly.
  • Heat a little ghee and fry Cashewnuts until golden brown in colour. Add to rice along with powdered ingredients and masala powder. Mix well. Remove from fire. Add ghee just before serving.

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