Bisibela bath

Ingredients:

Rice                        -  3/4 cup
Thoor dal                -  3/4 cup
Carrot                     -  2 nos
Beans                      -  100 gms
Potato                     -  1 large
Raw banana            -  1/2
Capsicum                -  1 no
Tomatoes                -  2 nos
Tamarind                 -  1 lemon sized
Gingily oil                -  2 table spoons
Ghee                      -  2 table spoons
Asafoitida               -  1 pinch
Salt to taste.


For Masala


Coriander seeds       -  1 table spoon
Bengal gram dal       -  1 tea spoon
Black gram dal         -  1 tea spoon
Red chillies               -  1/2 tea spoon
Pepper                     -  1/4 tea spoon
Clover                      -  4 nos
Cinnamon stick         -  1 inch long finely broken
Gingly (Til)                -  1 table spoon
Khus khus                 -  1 table spoon
Grated coconut         -  2 table spoons




1.  Wash and soak rice and thoor dal together for 20 - 30 mins.
2.  Soak the tamarind in warm water.
3.  Cut all the vegetables into 1/2  inch long pieces.
4.  Heat a kadai and first fry the til and khus khus with out oil and keep it aside.
5.  Add oil to the kadai and add the other masala ingredients except coconut and fry till golden brown.
6.  Add the til and khus khus and coconut and 1 tomato and grind it to a soft paste.
7.  Cook rice and dal in pressure cooker till soft.
8.  Heat 1 tea spoon oil in kadai and fry the chopped vegetables till the edges turn light brown and then add the tamarind juice.
9.  Add salt, turmeric powder and asafoitida and cook till the vegetables are half done.
10.Now add the ground masala and cook till the vegetables are done.
11.After the vegetables are cooked add the cooked rice and dal.  If necessary add a cup of water.
12.Also add the gingily oil and ghee and bring to boil.
13.Remove from stove and serve hot with papad.
14.Bisibela bath is ready.