Bisibele Bath

Bisibele bath.. another karnataka Favorite recipe. Bisi means hot and bele means Daal. it is a mixture of Rice, daal and vegetables. Recipe i am giving here is based on the MTR /any other BBB powder. I will post the recipe for BBB powder soon in my blog.

Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup
Thogari bele(Toor daal) - 1 cup(or lil less than 1 cup)
vegetables- carrot,beans,potato(finely chopped),green peas- 1 cup
finely chopped onion - 1
Coconut - fesh/frozen - 3-4 tsp
Bisibele Bath powder - 2-3 tsp
Tamerind Juice - 2-3 tsp
Jaggery - 1 small(depends on how much sweet u want)
Ghee,Cashews, Red chilly, curry leaves,mustard for tempering
coriander leaves for garnishing
salt for taste




Method:

1. wash and cook the rice and daal separately in a pressure cooker until they are cooked properly.

2. Wash and cook the vegetables with pinch of salt and jaggery and keep it aside.

3. Take the coconut in a mixer jar and add 2 tsp of BBB powder and grind to a smooth paste.

4. Take the tamarind juice in a thick bottomed vessel and add the coconut masala paste, add little water and boil for 2-3 minutes.  Now add the cooked daal, rice and vegetables to it.

5. Add jaggery and salt and boil the mixture for 5-6 minutes in medium flame. Add some water to get the desired consistency.

6. Fry the onion until golden brown using 1 tsp of ghee and add this to the above mixture.

7. Temper the above bisibele bath using tempering ingredients mentioned above.

8. Garnish with the coriander leaves.

Bisilbele bath is ready now.. serve hot n enjoy:)