Bisi Bele Bhath Recipe

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.