Bisi Bele Bhat - Karnatak's Rice delicacy / Spicy Rice with mixed vegetables

Bisi Bele Bhat

My husband's favourate and one of the traditional Karntak recipe. Bisi means Hot Bele mean Daal and Bhat means Rice in Kannada..so together it becomes a Hot Daal-Rice :) But many times word to word translations do not convey the aura of recipe isn't it?

So..here I go with another rice delicacy..hope you enjoy it:)

Ingredients:

Chopped Vegetables: Beans,Carrot,Cabbage,Potato.

Other Ingredients:

2:1 proportion of Rice:Toowar Daal ( lentils/Arhar ki daal )

Bisi Bele Bhat Masala ( I will put this recipe soon...but you will get it in Stores easily .Try MTR..)

Turmeric 1/2 Tsp

Jaggery to taste

Tamerind pulp/extract To taste

Salt to taste

handful of groundnuts

Curry leaves

Generous amount of pure Ghee :)

Procedure:

1. Pressure cook all the chopped vegetables.
2. Pressure cook Rice n daal with extra water to soft cooked mixture. Let it be as watery as possible.
3. In a cooking pan keep 2 cups of water to heat up(approximately decide as per the quantity you make. The picture above should suggest you the consistency I am trying to show)
4. Once water is hot, add turmeric,Tamerind pulp,jaggery,BBB Masala. Stir well. Let all the spices get added to the water well.
5. Add all the cooked vegetables. 
6. Add cooled down mixture of cooked Rice-Daal.
7. Add salt to taste.
8. Mix well. Cook for 5-7 min so that the spices get mixed well  with rice,vegetables.
9. Check salt,masala and add if needed as per your taste:)
10. In a separate kadhai/small wok put generous amount of Ghee.Let it heat well. Once hot, add mustard seeds,curry leaves,groundnuts.
11. Pour this tadka on top of the Bisi Bele Bhat. 
12. Have to Serve hot with nice crisps. In Bangalore they used to serve it with chips or Khari Bundi on top:)

Very very easy to make:) Just have to cut lots of vegetables..but its nice to eat so many veg.:)

Have a nice day!!

Don't forget to try and post your valuable comments on the recipe:)


Tag : Bhat,Bhath,Bisi Bele Bhath