Bisi Bele Bath Recipe | Bisi Bele Huli Anna | Karnataka Special Lunch

Bisi Bele Bath is a popular Karnataka recipe which is similar to Sambar sadam from Tamil Nadu. The term 'bisi means hot', 'bele means lentil' and 'bath is rice based dish'. As the name suggest, it is loaded with rice, lentils and mixed vegetables. It varies from sambar sadam in few things. In sambar sadam, we never add any spices like cinnamon, cloves whereas in bisi bele bath we will add some of these spices. There are many methods to this recipe. I prepare it this way by pressure cooking rice and dal because it only requires less time.

Bisibele bath Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Karnataka | Recipe Type: Main course / Lunch
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 45 mins | Serves: 3

Ingredients:

Rice - 3/4 cup

Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Mixed vegetables - 1 carrot, 5 beans, 1 potato, 1/4 cup peas

Green chilli - 2

Small onions - 10

Tomato - 1

Tamarind - small lemon sized

Jaggery / Vellam - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Salt - to taste

Coriander leaves - to garnish

For bisi bele bath powder:

Toor dal - 1 tsp

Channa dal / Kadala Paruppu - 1 tsp

Coriander seeds / dhaniya - 3 tsp

Peppercorns / Milagu - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds / Jeeragam - 1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds / Vendhayam - 1/4 tsp

Byadagi Red Chillies - 6

Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 stick

Cloves - 3

Poppy seeds / Kasa Kasa - 1/2 tsp

Coconut - 2 tblspn

To temper:

Ghee / Oil - 1 tblspn

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Hing - a pinch

Red chilli - 2

Curry leaves - a sprig

Method:

In a pan, dry roast ingredients listed for bisi bele bath. Cool them and blend them in to a coarse powder.

In a blender, add bisi bele bath powder, tamarind, turmeric and grind them into a smooth paste.

In a pressure cooker, take rice and dal. Add enough water and pressure cook for 3 whistles.

Meanwhile, in another vessel cook the vegetables. When the vegetables are 80% cooked, add the onions, ground paste, jaggery, salt and little water. Bring it to boil.

Now, add the cooked dhal and rice to it and cook until desired consistency is reached.

Heat ghee in a tadka pan, do the tempering and pour over the cooked rice.

Serve with onion raita and papad.

Note:

• It should be little watery not mushy so add more water.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Dry roast all the ingredients except coconut listed under "bisi bele bath powder".

Once coriander and other dhal starts to change its color, add in coconut

Roast till all the moisture from the coconut is gone

Cool it and grind them into a coarse powder

To this, add the soaked tamarind and blend well into a smooth paste adding little water

Smooth paste is ready. Keep it aside till ready to use

Cook all the vegetable until 80% done

When it is 80% done, add the ground masala

Add small onions

Add turmeric, salt and jaggery

Bring it to boil

Bring it to boil

Soak dhal and rice for 20 mins and pressure cook for 3 whistles

When the small onion is half done, add the cooked rice

Cook till desired consistency is reached

Garnish with coriander leaves

Heat ghee in a tadka pan, do the tempering with mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, asafoetida and red chilli

Pour this over the rice and mix it

Enjoy!