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Bisi Bele Bath or Bisi Bele Hulianna is a dish from Karnataka and is part of Udupi cuisine. This name Bisi Bele Bath means "hot lentil rice" in Kanadda language .The main ingredients are rice, toor dal and vegetables along with some aromatic spices.

Bisibele Bhaat Recipe - Karnataka Bisibele Bhaat

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Course: Breakfast, Main Dish, tiffin
Cuisine: indian cuisine, south indian
Author: Rekha Kakkar

Ingredients

  • Bisi bele bath masala powder!
  • 2 whole red chilli
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 cloves or laung
  • 1 teaspoon jeera
  • 1 teaspoon urad dal
  • 1 teaspoon chana dal
  • teaspoon ½methi seeds
  • 2 teaspoon coriander seeds
  • 1 cup rice
  • cup ½toor dal
  • cup ½peas
  • cup ½capsicum chopped
  • cup ½carrot chopped
  • cup ½beans chopped
  • ½ onion chopped
  • 1 tablespoon tamarind pulp
  • 1 tablespoon jaggery
  • 3 tablespoon ghee
  • 6-7 curry leaves
  • Few cashews
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 2 dry red chillies
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon chopped coriander

Instructions

  • Wash and soak rice and dal separately for 30 mins.
  • In the meanwhile dry roast all the ingredients for Bisi bele bath masala powder and grind them together into a fine powder. Keep it aside.
  • Cook the rice and dal separately.
  • The dal should be cooked properly and in mushy consistency.
  • In a pan heat water and cook all vegetables.
  • When the vegetables are slightly under cooked add tamarind pulp, bisi belle bath masala, salt and cook them together.
  • Now add cooked dal and cooked rice and cook them together to a smoother consistency.
  • In a different pan add ghee for tempering.
  • Add curry leaves, mustard seeds, red chilli, cashews in hot ghee and stir well.
  • Add this temper over bisi belle bath.
  • Garnish with some coriander leaves.
  • Serve hot with dahi/yogurt and sev.