Bisi Bela Bath

Ingredients

Broken cashews 2 Tsp

For the masala :
Chana Dal - 1Tsp
Cinnamon - 1inch piece
Cloves - 2
Coriander seeds - 1 Tsp
Cumin seeds or some fennel - 1 Tsp
Dessicated coconut - 1tbsp
Dry red chillis - 4


Rice - 1 cup
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
mixed vegetables (carrots, beans, radish, tomatoes, drum stics, peas, potato)- 2 cups
peeled small onions - 5 nos or chopped onions - 1/2 cup
Few curry leaves
Mustard seeds - 1/2
Oil - 1 Tbsp
Salt to taste
Tamarind juice 2 tbsp
Hing (Asafoetida) - 1 pinch
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Urad Dal - 1tsp

Method
1. cook rice with thoor dhall in 6 cups of water and keep aside

2. Roast all spices, mix with coconut, turmeric powder, grind it to a powder. keep this masala aside.

3. Heat the oil in pan and add the cumin and mustard seeds and curry leaves, after spluttering add the onions and fry till soft. Add all the chopped vegetables and cook them with little water.

4. Add tamarind juice, hing and salt.

5. Add the mixture to the cooked rice and dhall

5. Garnish with coriander leaves and cashews fried in ghee and serve it hot.

Tip : You can also dry roast all the spices, grind it without coconut and store it in the fridge for a month.