SOUTH INDIAN RECIPES · RECIPE

Bisi Bele Bath

Name: Bisi Bele Bath
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ¾ cup rice; ½ cup toor dal; ¼ tsp Khushilo Turmeric Powder; 2 cups mixed vegetables (beans, carrot, peas, potato, capsicum); Lemon-sized tamarind, soaked in 1 cup water; 3 tbsp Khushilo Bisi Bele Bath Powder; 1 tsp jaggery; Salt to taste; Tadka: 2 tbsp ghee, 1 tsp mustard seeds, curry leaves, 10 cashews, a pinch of hing

Karnataka’s hot lentil rice with vegetables, tamarind and a ghee-cashew tadka.

Khushilo Kitchen14 Oct 20266 min read

Serves: 4
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 35 min

Ingredients

¾ cup rice
½ cup toor dal
¼ tsp Khushilo Turmeric Powder
2 cups mixed vegetables (beans, carrot, peas, potato, capsicum)
Lemon-sized tamarind, soaked in 1 cup water
3 tbsp Khushilo Bisi Bele Bath Powder
1 tsp jaggery
Salt to taste
Tadka: 2 tbsp ghee, 1 tsp mustard seeds, curry leaves, 10 cashews, a pinch of hing

Method

1
Pressure-cook rice and dal together with turmeric and 4 cups water until very soft. Mash lightly.
2
Cook the vegetables in the tamarind water with salt and jaggery until tender.
3
Stir in the bisi bele bath powder and simmer 3 minutes.
4
Add the rice-dal and 1–2 cups hot water. Mix and simmer on low for 5 minutes until porridge-like.
5
Pour over the ghee tadka with fried cashews. Serve hot with boondi or papad.