Bisibelabath recipe

(South indian rice recipe)

Bisibelabath ingredients:

• 1 cup rice
• 3/4 cup toor dhal
• 2 cups vegetables (carrot, peas, beans, potato) or as you wish
• lemon size tamarind
• 1 onion (finely sliced)
• 1 tbsp grated coconut
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• few coriander leaves
• 2 bay leaf
• salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp ghee

Bisibela bath powder ingredients:

• 2 tbsp ghee
• 1 tbsp raw rice
• 10 red chillies
• 2 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp peppercorns
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp urad dhal
• 1 tsp chana dhal
• 1" cinnamon stick
• 3 cardamoms
• 5 cloves
• 5 badi lauvang
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• few curry leaves
• 2 tbsp fresh coconut grating
• big pinch of asafoetida

Bisi bela bath powder preparation:

• Heat a pan with ghee. Add all the powder ingredients except asafoetida.
• Roast on low flame till they turn into light golden yellow colour.
• Remove from flame and add asafoetida.
• Allow it to cool for sometime then grind it to a coarse powder.
• Allow to cool, and then store it in an air tight container.
• Use as required.  This will keep fresh for months in an air tight container.

Bisibelabath preparation:

• Separately cook rice and dhal till soft.
• Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for 20 mins and squzee and extract the juice and keep aside.
• Heat a pressure cooker with oil and ghee.
• Add onions and sauté till they become transparent.
• Then add chopped vegetables and little amount of salt.
• Close with a lid and cook on low flame till they almost cooked.
• Add cooked rice and cooked dhal.
• Combine well and add tamarind extract, 3 tbsp os bisibelabath powder, grated fresh coconut and salt.
• Mix well and adjust salt.
• Again close with a lid and cook on very low flame for 30 mins.
• Now add 21/2 cups of water and combine well.
• Close the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
• Remove from flame and transfer into serving bowl and bisibelabath is ready to serve.
• Serve hot with melted ghee, papad, spicy potato roast or any other side dish of your choice.