BISI BELE BHAATH

(RICE & TOOR DAL COOKED WITH VEGETABLES & SPICES)

My mom prepares this dish really well and one of my fav. This is a good alternative when you are tired of cooking same kind of dal, rice, sabzi etc. Tastes really gud with boondi, potato chips and raita.

 Ingredients

Rice 1 ½ cups

Toor dal 1 cup

Mixed vegetables chopped 3 cups

(beans, carrot, potato, peas, cucumber etc)

Onion 1 big chopped

Green chilli 2 chopped

Tomato 2 big chopped

Curry leaves a few

Red chilli 2

Mustard seeds 2 tsp

Jeera 1 tsp

Cloves 1

Kaju a few

Hing a pinch

Haldi 1 tsp

Bisibelebhaath powder (MTR brand) 4 tsp

Tamarind pulp ¼ cup

Salt to taste

Oil

Preparation

Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds, as they splutter add jeera, hing, clove, red chilli, onion, green chilli, curry leaves. Sauté. Add chopped vegetables and haldi. Sauté.

Add washed dal and rice. Add water above level of this mix. Cover and cook.

When rice and dal are fully cooked add tomatoes, salt, tamarind pulp, bisibelebhaath powder and water. Cover and cook for some more time.

Serve hot with boondi, potato chips and raita.