BISI BELA BATH

Bisi bela bath is a famous Karnataka dish.. Bisi bela bath is literally means " hot lentil rice''..Actually its a sambar rice...each state as its own version of sambar...

   

Bisi bela bath has different stages of cooking... pressure cooking lentils and rice separately..then comes important part preparing bisi bela bath masala..In a original masala ,they put cinnamon,cloves with other ingredients (red chillies, coriander seeds, methi seeds, cumin seeds, pepper corns,)

In my recipe i made very simple .. i did everything in one pot(pressure cooker)..usually they make masala powder.. instead i made into paste..

its a very tasty and healthy dish with lot of vegetables  (carrot,  beans,snowbeans,potatoes,drumsticks,okra ..)

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 1 cup
2. Toor daal - 1/2 cup
3. Vegetables of your choices
4. Onion - 1 no(small onion gives great taste)
5. Tomato - 1 no
6. chilli powder - 1/2tsp
7. Tumeric powder -- 1/2tsp
8. salt to taste
9. Musturd seeds - 1 tsp
10. Asofoetida
11. Curry leaves

Dry roast Masala:

1. Grated coconut - 3 tbsp
2. Dry red chilli - 4 no
3. Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
4. Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
5. Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
6. Pepper - 1 tsp
7. Channa daal - 2 tbsp
8. Urad daal - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Dry roast all masala ingredients and grind them to smooth paste
2. In a pressure cooker, add oil with musturd seeds,curry leaves, asofoetida 
3. Add onion and tomato ,saute well then add tumeric powder, chilli powder and salt
4. Add vegetables and saute for few mins
5. Now add masala paste and then add rice and toor daal..
6. Here for one cup of rice and half cup of daal ,i added 5 cups of water
7. Pressure cook for 3 whistles
8. Mix well and add some ghee (optional)
9. Serve hot with papa