Bisibelebhaat

Bishi bele bhaat – is a rice dish with rice, daal and LOTs of vegetables! When you have it with ghee and a papad on the side – it is amazingly tasty! I love the way Leela attewaree makes this! Too tasty!!

Ingredients:
1 cup turdal, 2 cups rice, 1 tea spoon cumin powder, 2 tea spoons coriander powder, vegetables like carrots, beans, awarekai (papdi), peas etc, 2 table spoon bishibelebhat powder (any brand – MTR is usually very good), mustard, cumin seeds, asaphoetida, turmeric powder, tamrind paste, jagri, salt, oil, ghee.
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Process:

• Cook rice extra soft with 3 times water.
• Cook  turdal along with veg like carrot, beans,  little dry grams (hurbhara-just 1 table spoon) , green peas, avare kaayi and other vegetables of your choice in pressure cooker along with rice but is a separate vessel in the cooker.
• Heat oil in a vessel, and season with mustard, cumin seeds and asaphotida. 
• Add cut onion, curry leaves coriander and cumin powder and turmeric powder.
• After 2 minutes put tamarind paste diluted in water, jaggery and salt and allow to boil.
• Now transfer cooked dal to it.
• Add 2 table spoons of bishibele bhat masala powder,  salt, and then the cooked rice.
• Mix well and boil for 5 min.
• Garnish with coriander and serve hot with ghee!

Typically Served With:

papad, pickle and curd