Bisi Bele Bath Recipe
Bisi Bele Bath recipe with step by step photos.
Ingredients
- Raw rice – ¾ cup
- Tur dal or Pigeon peas - 1 cup
- Bisi Bele Bath Masala Powder – 4 tbsp
- Tamarind – 1 small lemon size
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- Jaggery – 2 tsp
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Salt – to taste
Mixed Vegetables to add:
- Shallots or Sambar onions - 10 to 15
- Tomatoes – 2
- Drumstick – 1
- Brinjals – 2
- Avarakkai or broad beans - 8
- French beans – 5
- Carrot – 1
- Capsicum - 1 small
For Tempering:
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
- Whole dry red chilies – 3
- Cashew nuts – 10
- Asafetida – 1/8 tsp
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Ghee – 2 to 3 tbsp
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in warm water. Extract pulp and keep aside.
- Wash tur dal and rice together. Place them in pressure cooker.
- Add 6 cups water and cook for 4 whistles. Keep aside for the pressure to release.
- Peel shallots, cube the tomatoes. Chop drumstick, French beans and brinjals into finger length size. Chop carrots, capsicum, avarakkai (broad beans) and keep aside.
- Add rest of the vegetables and cook over low flame for 2-3 mins, stirring well.
- Add ½ cup water, salt, mix well and let it come to a boil. Cook over medium flame for 3 to 4 mins.
- Add tamarind extract and reduce flame. Cook for 5 mins over low flame till the vegetables are cooked fully. Switch off stove.
- Open the pressure cooker, add salt and mash the rice and tur dal well.
- Transfer the cooked vegetables along with the water to the pressure cooker.
- Add 4 tbsp Bisi Bele Bath Masala Powder, turmeric powder, jaggery mix well and let it cook over low flame for 5 mins till the water gets absorbed and the bisi bele bath thickens considerably.
- Check for salt and spice at this stage. If less add them, adjusting to your taste.
- Heat a pan with ghee. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
- Add cumin seeds and let it sizzle. Add broken cashew nuts, roast till it becomes golden brown.
- Add asafetida, broken whole dry red chilies and curry leaves and sauté till the leaves become crisp.
- Pour this tempering over the simmering bisi bele bath and mix well.
- Drizzle more ghee on top.
- Serve piping hot with potato chips or kara boondhi and thayir pachadi.
