Bisi Bile Bath

I cook only vegetarian dishes on saturdays. Sometime simple dishes ends like rich menu. And this dish is one like that. Just a pappad with bisibilebath taste simple divine. I always prepare the bisibilebath powder at home. If store bought powder is used, instead grind them with the coconut & mix it in the rice. I will be more generous when it comes to addition of ghee in this dish. It taste awesome !!!

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Ingredients :

1. Rice - 1 cup
2. Toor dal - Little less than 1/2 cup
3. Oil plus ghee - 2 tbsp
4. Vegetables ( Carrot, potato, green peas, drumstick, brinjal) - 1/2 cup
5. Onion - 1 no
6. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Tomatoes - 1 large sized
8. Tamarind juice - 1/4 cup
9. Corriander leaves
10. Jaggery powder - 1/8 tsp

For tempering :

1. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
2. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
3. Curry leaves - 1 tbsp
4. Red chillies - 2 nos
5. Cashew nuts - 1 tsp
6. Green chillies - 3 nos
7. A pinch of hing

For Bisibilebath powder :

1. Red chillies - 4 nos
2. Cloves - 2 nos
3. Cinnamon stick - 1 no
4. Cardamon - 1 no
5. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
6. Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
7. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
8. Corriander powder - 1 tsp
9. Channa dal - 1 tsp
10. Urad dal - 1 tsp
11. Coconut grated - 1/4 cup

Dry roast all the ingredients (except coconut). Grind them to the smooth paste along with the grated coconut.

Method :

1. Pressure cook the rice & toor dal together. Keep aside.

2. Heat 1 tbsp oil & ghee in the heavy bottomed pan, add the tempering (except cashewnuts) ingredients. Let them crackle.

3. Add finely chopped onions. Saute them till tender.

4. Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, tamarind juice, bisibilebath powder, salt & vegetables. Cover & cook till done.

5. Add jaggery powder & the cooked rice with dal. Mix it well.

6. Reduce the flame to low. Cover & cook for 5 more mins. Meanwhile heat the 1 tbsp of oil + ghee in a pan, add cashewnuts.

7. Now pour the roasted cashewnuts to the bisibilebath. Mix it well. Standing time - 15 mins.

Serve warm with pappad.