Bisi Bele Bhath

Ingredients:

• 100 gms Rice
• 75 gms Tuar Dal (Arhar Dal)
• ½ cup Frozen Carrots
• ½ cup Frozen Beans
• ½ cup Frozen Potatoes
• ½ cup Frozen Peas
• 1 Tomato
• 2 tsp Oil
• A little pulp of Tamarind (Imli)
• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
• ½ cup Coconut (desiccated)
• 1 tsp Garlic Paste
• 1 tsp Ginger Paste
• 2 Onions (sliced)
• Salt to taste

Spices
• 6 Curry Leaves
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1 tsp Coriander Seeds (Dhania)
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
• 3 Dry Red Chilies
• 1 tsp Aniseed/Fennel Seeds (Saunf)
• 1" stick Cinnamon (Dalchini)
• 4 pods Cardamom (Elaichi)
• 6 Cloves (Laung)
• 8 Peppercorns (Kali Mirchi)

How to make Bisi Bele Bhath:

• Wash rice and dal separately, and soak them for 10 minutes.
• Put the dal on heat till half cooked.
• Soak the tamarind pulp and keep it aside.
• Roast all the spices. Mix them with coconut, turmeric powder, ginger and garlic paste.
• Now grind the mixture into a thick paste using a little water. Keep this masala aside.
• Heat the oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves to it.
• When the mustard seeds start spluttering, add the sliced onions and fry till soft.
• Add tamarind juice and 1 cup of water to the onions. Let the water boil.
• Now add the rice, frozen vegetables, tomatoes, half-cooked tuar daal, masala and salt to the boiling water. Cook it on a low flame till done.
• Garnish Bisi Bele Bhath with coriander leaves. Serve it hot with a dash of pure ghee.