Bisi belebath is a rice based dish with its origin in Karnataka. My mother in law is basically from Bangalore. I got the recipe and procedure from her and prepared bisi belebath. Recipe credit goes to my MIL :).
Time Taken: 45mins
Ingredients:
Rice - 1/2 Cup
Toor Dal - 1/4 Cup
Chopped Vegetables - 1 1/2 Cup
Channa Dal - 4 tbsp
Urad Dal - 2 tbsp
Jeera - 2 tsp
Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Red Chili - 3
Kus Kus - 1 tsp
Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves - 2 strings
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Jaggery - 1 tbsp
Tamarind - medium lemon size
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tbsp
Water - 1 Cup
Method:
Cook the rice and toor dal and keepit aside.
Soak the tamarind in hot water and extract the tamarind water.
Boil the vegetables and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add channa dal, urad dal, jeera, fenugreek, pepper, red chili and fry till the dal turns light brown.
Remove the above ingredients from pan and fry kus kus and curry leaves (curry leaves are added with kus kus, so that kus kus doesn't stay in pan).
Grind the fried items with coconut.
Boil the tamarind water for a minute. Add turmeric powder, Salt and Jaggery to it.
Now add vegetables and allow it to boil for 5mins.
Then add the grounded mixture. Let it boil for 2-3 mins.
Add toor dal followed by rice and cook for 2 mins.
Heat oil in a pan and fry groundnut, channa dal, urad dal and mustard for Chaunk. Add the fired items to the bisi belebath.
Garnish with boondhi and coriander leaves. Serve hot.