Bisi Bele Bath

Ingredients

• 1 cup short-grain rice
• 1/2 cup toor dal
• 2 cups mixed vegetables (beans, carrot, peas, potato)
• 2 tbsp bisi bele bath powder
• 1 tbsp tamarind paste
• 1 tsp jaggery
• 2 tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 10 cashews

Instructions

1. 1

   Pressure cook rice and toor dal together for 4 whistles until very soft and mashable.

   20 min
2. 2

   Boil vegetables until tender. Add tamarind paste, jaggery, bisi bele bath powder and salt. Cook 10 minutes.

   15 min
3. 3

   Combine cooked rice-dal with vegetable mixture. Add water to get a porridge-like consistency.

   10 min
4. 4

   For tempering: heat ghee, crackle mustard seeds, fry cashews golden. Add curry leaves and dry red chillies.

   5 min
5. 5

   Pour tempering over bisi bele bath. Serve immediately with ghee drizzled on top and papad.