Bisi Bele Bath Recipe | Karnataka Style Bisibelebath Recipe
Bisi bela bath is a popular rice variety made using rice, lentils, mix vegetables, tamarind and unique spice powder. Its a delicious and complete meal with the balance of vegetables, lentils and rice.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 199kcal
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
- Mixer Grinder
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw Rice 1 cup = 250 ml
- ½ cup Toor Dal (Pigeon pea)
- 1 lemon size Tamarind
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 2 teaspoon Salt
Vegetables
- 1 Cup Shallots / Baby Onions
- 1 nos Drumstick Chopped into 2" pieces
- 10 nos Beans Chopped into 1" pieces
- 1 nos Carrot Peeled, Cubed
- 1 nos Potato Peeled, Cubed
- ¼ Cup Green Peas
- 1 nos Green Capsicum Cubed
- ¼ pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
- 1 tablespoon Coriander Leaves For Garnishing
- 2 tablespoon Oil
Ingredients for Grinding
- 1½ tablespoon Coriander seeds
- 1 tablespoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
- 12 nos Kashmiri Red Chili or 8 Red Chili
- ¼ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
- ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
- 3 nos Cloves
- 2 nos Cardamom
- 1 tablespoon Desiccated Coconut Dry coconut
- ½ teaspoon Fennel Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Peppercorns
Ingredients for Tempering
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- Few Curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 2 tablespoon Cashews
Instructions
Soaking Tamarind
- Soak the tamarind in warm water for 10 mins. Extract the tamarind juice and set aside.
Cooking Rice and Dal
- Take rice and dal in a vessel. Rinse it thoroughly twice or thrice. Add 4.5 cups fresh water to the rinsed rice and dal
- Add a pinch of turmeric and pressure cook the rice and dal for 4-5 whistles. Once cooked, mash the rice and dal and set it aside.
Preparing Bisi Bela Bath Spice Powder
- Heat a pan. Add coriander seeds, bengal gram, cumin, fennel, pepper, red chili, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Dry roast the ingredients till dal turns light brown and we get nice aroma.
- Next, add dry coconut and fry till light brown. Cool the dry roasted ingredients.
- Take the roasted ingredients to a mixer jar. Grind it to smooth powder. Bisi Bele Bath Spice Powder Ready!
Cook Sambar
- Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pressure cooker. Add shallots to the cooker and fry till translucent.
- Then add other chopped veggies like drumstick, carrot, capsicum, potato, beans, green peas to the cooker. Stir-fry for couple of minutes.
- Then add turmeric powder and a cup of water. Cover the pressure cooker with a lid and allow the vegetables to cook till soft and tender.
- Once the vegetables are cooked completely, add tamarind juice to the cooker along with salt and asafoetida.
- Let the tamarind juice boils for atleast 5 mins to get rid off the raw smell of tamarind.
- Then add the prepared bisibelebath powder and stir continuously so that the powder gets mixed with the tamarind mixture without getting lumps.
- Allow the sambar to cook for another 5 mins. Then switch off the flame.
- Add the mashed rice+dal to to the sambar. Do not add all the rice and dal. Rice and dal absorbs the sambar so quickly. So add the rice and dal so that the bisi bele bath is not too thick but like a semi-solid. Mix nicely the rice+dal mixture with the sambar.
Tempering
- Heat ghee in a pan. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add cashews and fry till golden brown. Add few curry leaves and switch off the flame.
- Add this tempering to the Bisi bele bath and give a good mix.
Serving
- Bisi Bele Bath is now ready! Garnish with coriander leaves!
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Nutrition
Serving: 500grams | Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 4g | Sodium: 922mg | Sugar: 6g