Bisi Bele Bath

One of my favorite rice dish. Also today is one of those special days that reminds you how young you were before this day. Yes!! its my birthday and thought of treating myself with some nice dish. If Mom was here today, she would have cooked all my favorite dishes. Miss you Mom. Anyway..celebrated with Bisi bele bath with kheer.

Ingredients
1 ½ cup – Bele ( Toor Dal)
2 cup – Rice
½ cup – Frozen peas
½ cup – Frozen cut beans
½ cup – Frozen Lima beans
½ cup – Bell pepper (Capsicum)
½ cup – Carrot
¼ cup – Cashews
¼ cup – groundnuts (peanuts)
½ tsp – turmeric
10 Curry leaves
½ - chopped Onion
¼ cup – Oil
½ tsp – Hing (Asafoetida)
2 Tblsp – Bisi Bele Bath (BBB) powder (MTR or homemade)
4 tsp – Ghee (Clarified butter)

Mixed Veggies

Directions:
1. Cook rice separately and keep it ready.

2. Pressure cook the Toor Dal or Bele with 2 tsp oil until it just done but not mushy.

3. In a deep vessel heat 2 tsp oil and sauté chopped onions.

4. Add turmeric and all the vegetables and fry for 1 minute.

5. Add the cooked toor dal/bele, cashews, peanuts, curry leaves and cook until the vegetables are done.

6. Add salt, BBB powder. ( Mix the BBB powder in little water and then pour into the mixture to avoid lumps)

7. Let the powder get cooked for another 10 mins.

8. While the above mix sits on a low flame, take a small pan and heat 2 tsp oil.
Add mustard, red chillies, Asafoetida/hing and pour this tadka to into the bele mixture.

9. Add jaggery, ghee and cooked rice to get the below consistency

10. Serve hot with raita, pickle or chips.