Bisi Bella Bath | Hot Lentil Sour Rice - Karnataka Traditional Recipe

Ingredients :

Rice - 1 cup (soak 30mins) Toor Dal - 1 cup (soak 30mins) Small Onion / Shallots - 1 cup Tomato - 3 nos (chopped) Tamarind Water - 1 cup (2" ball size) Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves - 2 stk Carrot - 1/2 cup (chopped) Potato - 1/2 cup (chopped) Peas - 1/2 cup Beans - 1/2 cup (chopped) Drumstick - 1 no (2" chopped) Water - 6 cups + 1 cup Ghee -2 tbsp Oil - 1 tbsp Salt to Taste. To Roast and Grind into Powder : Dry Red Chili - 6 nos Bengal Gram - 1 tbsp Khus Khus - 2 tsp Coriander Seeds - 1 tbsp Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp Cinnamon Stick - 2 nos (2" long) Cloves - 5 nos Cardamom - 3 nos

Method :

First soak Rice and Toor Dal for 30 mins, drain water. Then pressure cook for 1 whistle and 5 mins in simmer with Turmeric Powder, Asafoetida, required Salt and 6 cups of Water. (open only when all steam escaped).

Parallely pressure cook vegetables (carrot, beans, peas, potato and drumstick) for 1 whistle with cup of Water. (open only when all the steam escaped) Then remove pulp in drumstick and discard outer layer.

Meantime dry roast mentioned ingredients, cool it and grind into fine powder. Keep aside.

Steps to make Bisi Bella Bath : First temper Mustard Seeds and Urad Dal with Ghee and Oil, after splutter add small Onion and Curry leaves, saute until light golden brown colour. Add Tomato and saute til soft and smashed well. Add boiled vegetables (except Drumstick pulp), mix well. Add Tamarind Water and required Salt, bring to boil, cook for 2 to 3mins in simmer.

Add ground powder and sir well, again cook for 1 min in simmer. Add Drumstick pulp, mix well til thick gravy consistency. Then combine cooked Rice with vegetable gravy, mix well. Ready to serve.

Serving Suggestion : Serve hot with Rice Vadam.