Karnataka Style Bisi bele bath | Hot Lentil Rice
Bisi bele bath or Hot Lentil Rice is a spicy, delicious and healthy recipe from the state of Karnataka with the goodness of vegetable and lentils in one.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup toor dal
- 1 cup rice sona masoori preferred, I have used Basmati
- 8-10 nos of beans
- 1 medium sized carrot diced
- 1 cup cabbage chopped / Cauliflower florets
- 1/2 Cup Brinjal diced 1 small - optional
- 1/4 Cup capsicum optional
- 1 potato diced
- 2 tbsp soaked ground nuts
- 2 medium sized tomato chopped
- 1 small gooseberry sized tamarind
- 2 tbsp soaked green peas / or fresh peas
- 1 small lemon sized Jaggery
- Salt as per your taste
Bisi bele bath masala powder
- 2-4 red chilly
- 1 teaspoon channa dal
- 2 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1/4 teaspoon meethi/fenugreek seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon jeera/ cumin seeds
- 2 teaspoon coriander seeds
- A big pinch of Gluten Free Asafoetida (Hing) ** Please see Notes
- 1/2 finger length cinnamon
- 10 cloves/lavang
- 1 cardamom
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds/ khus khus
- 2 tbsp dessicated coconut/grated coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon Oil
Ingredients required for tempering Bisi bele bath
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard
- 1 teaspoon chana dal or gram dal
- 1 teaspoon urad dal
- 8-10 cashews
- 7 - 8 curry leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 6 teaspoon ghee or cooking oil
Instructions
Bisi Bele Bath masala powder
- In a pan add 1/2 tsp of oil.
- On medium add red chilis and fry.
- When chilies are roasted add in the chana dal and urad dal.
- Fry them until slightly roasted.
- Now add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and coriander seeds.
- Fry them for a few seconds.
- Add in cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Fry again for few seconds.
- Add in asafoetida and poppy seeds. Fry for few more seconds.
- Do not bury them or else switch off the gas.
- Once cooled, transfer it into a mixer jar.
- Add in the coconut and grind everything to a fine powder.
- Bise Bele Bath Masala Powder is ready.
Initial preparation for Bisi Bele Bath
- Wash and rinse the toor dal well.
- I soak the toor dal for 30 minutes, as it really takes time to cook, you can skip if required.
- Now in a large size pressure cooker (5 ltrs or more capacity), add in the soaked toor dal.
- Add a pinch of turmeric powder, 2 c ups of water and pressure cooke for 2 whistles.
- We are cooking the dal only half at this stage.
- Chop all the vegetables and keep it ready.
- Clean the rice and soak it along with ground nut.
- Once the dal is done and the pressure subsides, add in the rice, ground nut, peas and Vegetables.
- Add in 4 cups of water, salt to taste and cook again for 2 whistles.
Tempering of Bisi Bele Bath
- In a pan, add in oil.
- Once hot add mustard seeds, channa dal, urad dal and cashews.
- Once urad dal turns brown,add turmeric powder, curry leaves and switch off.
- Add in the ground bisibele bath masala powder and mix.
- Add in salt, jaggery, tamarind extract and mix.
Assembling the Bisi Bele Bath
- Once the pressure subsidies, open the lid of the pressure cooker.
- The rice, dal and the vegetables would be cooked properly.
- Now either you can add the tempered masala to the cooker or you can add the cooked dal, vegetables and rice to the tempered msala.
- I prefer the first one.
- Add enough water and adjust to right consistency. Bisi Bele Bath is of thin consistency.
- Mix everything, switch on the stove and bring tghe mix to a boil stirring continously.
- Serve it with a dollop of ghee, with some papad and dahi.
Notes
- Asafoetida (Hing) powder available in shops contains wheat and is not gluten free. Gluten intolerant people can either skip completely or opt for Gluten Free Asafoetida (Hing)