Bessi Belauhuli (Bisibelebath)

                           

A special dish from Karnataka... for you to try...

INGREDIENTS:

• Basmathi rice                         - 1 cup
• Toovar dal                               - ½ cup
• Raw groundnuts                     - ½ cup
• Tamarind                                 - big lemon size
• Turmeric powder                   - 1/ tsp
• Salt                                            - to taste
• Ghee                                         - 4 tbsp

ROAST  LIGHTLY & POWDER

• Cinnamon                                 - 1 inch piece
• Cardamom                                - 2 nos
• Cloves                                         - 2 nos

FRY  IN OIL & POWDER

• Oil                                                - 2 tsps
• Channa dal                                 - 1 tbsp
• Urad dal                                       -1 tbsp
• Coriander seeds                         - 2 tsps
• Red chillies                                  - 6- 8 nos
• Methi seeds                                 - ¼ tsp
• Grated copra                                - 1 cup
• Marathi moggu (kapok seeds)- 6 nos

VEGETABLES

• Fresh peas                                     - ¾ cup shelled
• Carrot                                             - ½ cup ( cut into small cubes )
• Potato                                             - 2 nos ( cut into small cubes )
• Cauliflower                                            - ½ cup

FOR SEASONING

• Ghee                                                        - 2 tbsps
• Cumin seeds                                            - 1 tsp
• Onion                                                        - 2 nos ( cut into thin stripes )

FOR GARNISHING

• Cashewnuts                                             - 15 ( halved & fried in ghee )
• Coriander leaves                                     - a handful

METHOD:

1. Wash rice, toovardal & groundnuts together & pressure cook adding 6 cups of water .
2. Heat the oil add the small onions , fry till it turns pink & add all the vegetables one by one & fry for 3 minutes .
3. Extract the tamarind pulp add turmeric powder , salt & add it to the fried vegetables  & cook till vegetables are tender .
4. Add the fried & powdered masala & simmer for 2 minutes .
5. Heat 4 tbsps of ghee in a kharai  add cumin seeds, 7 add thinly striped onions & fry till light brown colour
6.  Add the cooked vegetable mixture , cooked  rice dal & mix well .
7. Add roasted & powdered garam masala towards the end stirring from the bottom of the pan .
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and fried cashews .
9. Add more ghee for taste .
10. Serve hot with onion raitha .