Besibela Baath

Ingredients:

For Powder

• ¾ cup Dhaniya
• 1 cup Chana Dal
• 1 cup Urad Dal
• ¼ tsp Methi Seeds
• ¼ cup shredded Coconut
• 2 tsp Somp
• ½ Stick Cinamon
• 5-6 Cloves
• 4-5 pods cardamom

For Rice

• 1 cup Rice
• 1 cup Toor dal
• Pulp of ½ lemon ball size tamarind
• ½ tsp tuemeric
• ½ tsp Red chilie Powder
• 1 Onion sliced
• 1 Tomato cut into large pieces
• 1-2 Drum sticks
• 1 cup Bottle Guard pieces
• 1 tsp Chana dal
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Jeera
• 1 tsp Urad dal
• 2 tsp Ground nuts
• 2 tsp Cashews
• 3-4 Red chilles
• 7-10 Green chilles
• 2-3 sprigs of curry leaves
• ½ tsp Hing
• Oil for frying
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Dry roast all the ingredients for the powder and grind them
• In a rice cooker place the rice and dal together in the of 1:2 for rice to water
• In a large pot take some oil and add Chana Dal, Mustard Seeds, Jeera, Urad Dal, ground nuts, cashews, and red chilies.
• Once the seeds start to splutter add cashews, curry leaves and hing
• Add the sliced onions , tomatoes and other vegetables and let them fry for 3-4 minutes
• Add some water for the vegetables to boil
• Once the vegetables are boiled add the tamarind pulp, salt, turmeric powder, red chilies powder and the Besi Bela Bath Powder, add water if necessary
• Once this mixture comes to a light boil add the cooked rice and dal and mix it well to avoid any lumps
• Let this mixture cook for 10-15 minutes mixing it occasionally and adding water if required
• Besi Bela Bath is ready to eat with crispy papad, vadiyalu and raita!!!

Tip:

• Add Dal to water to the ratio of 1:2 i.e. same as rice to get the correct consistency after cooking
• Keep mixing occasionally by add little water at a time to avoid lumps and burning of rice