Bisi Belle Bath

Last week we had a potluck at my house. Then Saroj brought this bisi belle bath. I tasted it for the first time. It was very good. Later, I asked her the recipe. Yesterday I tried it. It came out really good. First I learnt Rasmalai from her and second one is this. Both are very good recipes. Thank you Saroj.

Learnt From:

I learnt this recipe from my friend Saroj.

Ingredients:

Raw-Rice --- 1 cup
Toor Dal --- ½ cup
Water --- 2 cups & 1 cup
Onion --- 1 Big
Potato --- 1
Carrots --- 2
Frozen Green Peas --- ¾ cup
Peanuts --- ¼ cup
Salt --- to taste
Tomatoes --- 2
Oil --- 5 tblsn
Mustard seeds --- 1 tblsn
Turmeric Powder --- a big pinch
Ghee --- 3 tblsn



For Grinding:

Tamarind --- a full fist
Onion --- ½ of the big one (fried)
Cinnamon stick --- ½ of the stick
Cloves --- 5-6
Dry Red Chilies --- 8
Shredded Coconut --- 5 tblsn
Jaggary --- ½ piece
Sambar Powder --- 4 tsp

Note:

I used sambar powder 2 tsp and MTR Rasam Mix powder 2 tsp. If you have this rasam powder use this also it tastes really wonderful.

Process:

Add 1 cup of raw-rice and ½ cup of toor dal to a pressure cooker. Clean them twice with water. Add 2 cups of water and enough salt to it. Pressure cook it for a whistle. Wait till the pressure goes away. Transfer the content to another bowl.

Chop ½ of the big onion. Peel and chop 2 Carrots & a Potato. In the same cooker add chopped ones, ¾ th cup of green peas & ¼ th cup of peanuts. Add one cup of water and enough salt to the cooker and cook it for a whistle.

Heat tamarind in a little water … take 2 cups of tamarind juice out of it by adding little more water. Chop ½ of the big onion into pieces. Heat a tblsn of oil and fry chopped onions. In a blender add fried onions, ½ of the cinnamon stick, 5 cloves, 8 dry red chilies, shredded coconut, sambar powder & 1/2 piece of jaggery … Grind them to a smooth paste by adding little tamarind juice to the blender.

Chop ½ of the big onion and 2 tomatoes into pieces. In a deep big saucepan add 5 tblsn of oil. Add mustard seeds. Fry them till they splutter. Add a big pinch of turmeric powder. Add chopped onions fry it for 2 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes … fry it for 2 more minutes. Add the grinded paste, cooked vegetables & cooked rice with toordal to the saucepan.

Add remaining tamarind juice and adjust salt.

Cover it with a lid and cook it on medium heat for about 15-20 minutes till the aroma spreads. Remove it from heat. Add 3 tblsn of ghee. Mix well.


Have it with Raitha. To see Raitha recipe... Click here.