Bisibela Bath

Hi All,


Today's recipe of the day.... Bisibela Bath ... For Usha :)

BisiBela bath

Ingredients (Serves 2)  

  

Toor dhal – 100 gms

Raw rice – 100 gms

Tamarind (lemon size)

Gingely oil – 1 cup

Carrot – 1

Beans – 10

Peas (If available)

For the Masala

Dhaniya – 1 small cup

Bengal gram dhal – ½ cup

Methi – 1 tsp

Red chilli – 15

Dry coconut scrapings – 1 small cup

Curry leaves 

Cooking method

1.      Pressure cook the toor dhal in the ratio 1:2,  steam it for sometime and lower the flame

2.      Add the cut veggies and washed rice, adding 4 cups of water and necessary salt and turmeric powder and finally 2 tbsp of cooking oil

3.      Give 3 whistles and switch of the gas

4.      Take a kadai, add 1 tbsp of cooking oil, add the masala ingredients and fry it and finally add dry coconut scrapings and let it cool

5.      Once cool, grind it to a course mixture

6.      Add ½ cup oil to a kadai and season it with mustard, hing, curry leaves, turmeric powder, tamarind juice(thick – 1 tumbler), and salt. Allow it to boil

7.      Add the ground masala powder to the kadai and cook in low flame

8.      Open the pressure cooker, mix the rice and dhal and add the mixture from the kadai to it, and cook in low flame

9.      Add the gingely oil to the mixture and stir well

1.      Hot BisiBela Bath ready!