Bisi Bele Bath

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