BISI BELE BHAAT

Ingredients

1 cup rice

4 Tbsp grated coconut

1/ 2 cup toor dal

2 tamarind

3 chopped vegetables

2 Tbsp jaggery

4 Tbsp oil

8 Tbsp chana dal 

2 sprig of curry leaves

4 Tbsp urad dal

2 tsp couscous

4 tsp jeera

2 tsp turmeric powder

2 cup water

1/2 tsp fenugreek

Salt to taste

2 tsp pepper

6 red chillies

Method

Cook the rice and toor dal and keep it aside.

Boil the vegetables. 

Soak the tamarind in hot water and extract the tamarind water.

In a pan heat oil and add chana dal, urad dal, jeera, fenugreek, pepper, red chilli. Fry until dal turns light brown.

Fry couscous and curry leaves.  Grind the fried ingredients with coconut.

Boil the tamarind water for 1 to 2 minutes. Add turmeric powder, salt and jaggery to it.

Add vegetables and  boil for 5  minutes. 

Add the grounded mixture and boil for 3 minutes. 

Add toor dal followed by rice and cook for 1 -2 minutes. 

Heat oil in a pan and fry groundnut, channa dal,urad dal and mustard.

Add the fired ingredients to the bisi belebath.

Garnish with boondhi and coriander leaves.