Bisi Bela Bath-aka Sambar Rice

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 cup rice
• 1/2 cup tuvar dal
• 1 onion
• 8 shallots
• 1 tomato
• 1 carrot
• 4 beans
• 1/2 cup peas
• 2 cloves
• 1 cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon anise seed
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 3 -4 red chilies
• 1 teaspoon khus khus
• 2 teaspoons coconut
• 2 cups tamarind juice
• 10 curry leaves
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 tablespoons coriander
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 10 roasted cashews

Recipe

• 1 wash the rice and dal well. cook them separately in a pressure cooker.
• 2 remove the cooked rice and dal, mash them well and keep aside.
• 3 heat oil in a frying pan add the coriander seeds, red chilli, coconut, clove, cinnamon, aniseed, khus-khus, methi seeds and fry till nice aroma comes. cool them and then grind to a fine paste with very little water, keep it aside.
• 4 heat 1 tbsp oil in a big kadai add the bay leaf. now add the sliced onion, cut drumsticks-vegetable (optional), sliced tomato and fry for a minute.
• 5 meanwhile boil separately the cut beans, carrots in another pot till they are cooked.
• 6 to the fried onion mixture add the tamarind water, turmeric, curry leaves. let it boil and once the veggies are cooked, add the cooked beans, carrot to it.
• 7 mix in peas, salt.
• 8 now add the cooked, mashed dal and rice, also the ground paste. reduce the heat and mix well.
• 9 continue cooking on low flame for 8 minutes, while stirring continuously.
• 10 check for salt.
• 11 remove onto a serving dish.
• 12 top it with the ghee, chopped coriander and fried cashews.