Bisi Bele Bath is a delicious and healthy meal of lentil, vegetables and rice. Bisi Bele ath is a very popular authentic dish of Karnataka region. To make bisi bele bath is a lengthy process. For this recipe, you have to cook rice, dal and vegetables separately and then mix everything in one pot.
You can prepare this bisi bele bath masala at home also, but i used stored brought one from MTR. It is perfect option for lunch, breakfast or lunch box. It can be served with pickle, curd or sambhar. Bisi Bele Bath is also known as Bisi Bele Huli Anna which means a hot, tangy dish with rice and dal.
Bisi bele bhath is a spicy, rice-based dish with origins in the state of Karnataka, India. Bisi bele bhath, which translates to ‘hot lentil rice dish’ in Kannada language, is a wholesome meal. It is said to have originated in the Mysore Palace and from there spread across the entire state. It is served hot and sometimes eaten with chutney, boondi, salad, papad, or potato chips. This dish is commonly found in restaurants that serve the Udupi cuisine. The masala used is available off the shelf.
Ingredients for Bisi Bele Bath:
1 Cup Rice
1/2 Cup Yellow Pigeon Lentils (Toor Dal)
4 Cups Water
1 Carrot, Cubed
1/4 Cup Green Peas, Frozen
1 Medium Sized Potato, Diced
Few French Beans, Chopped
1 Medium Sized Onion, Chopped
Tamarind (Lemon Sized), Soaked
1/2 Tsp. Jaggery
Salt to Taste
1/2 Tsp. Turmeric Powder
1 1/2 Tbsp. Bisi Bele Bath Masala
1 Tsp. Mustard Seeds
1/4 Tsp. Asafoetida
Few Curry Leaves
Few Cashew, Broken
2 Tbsp. Ghee
Khara Boondi, for Garnishing
How to Make Bisi Bele Bath recipe:
Wash and soak the rice and dal in water for 20 minutes. Drain the water and cook in pressure cooker with 4 cups of water. Cook till to 3-4 whistles and keep aside. Soak the tamarind in hot water and when it softens, Squeeze the pulp and keep aside. Heat the ghee in a pan.
Add chopped vegetables, salt and turmeric powder with 1 cup water and cook the vegetable till to tender. Now add the tamarind paste, jaggery and chopped onion and cooked till to raw smell goes. Now add cooked rice and dal and mix well. Add bisi bele bath masala and mix well. Cook till to mashed consistency. Add more water if needed to adjust the consistency like khichdi. Heat the ghee in separate pan, add mustrad seeds, asafoetida, and cashew and curry leaves. Pour this tempering over the bisi bele bath and mix well. Garnish with boondi. Serve hot with papad and pickle.
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Bisi Bele Bhath Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rice
- 1/3 Cup Yellow Pigeon Lentils Toor Dal
- 4 Cups Water
- 1 Carrot Cubed
- 1/4 Cup Green Peas Frozen
- 1 Medium Sized Potato Diced
- Few French Beans Chopped
- 1 Medium Sized Onion Chopped
- Tamarind Lemon Sized, Soaked
- 1/2 Tsp. Jaggery
- Salt to Taste
- 1/2 Tsp. Turmeric Powder
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. Bisi Bele Bath Masala
- 1 Tsp. Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 Tsp. Asafoetida
- Few Curry Leaves
- Few Cashewnuts Broken
- 2 Tbsp. Ghee
- Khara Boondi for Garnishing
Instructions
- Wash and soak the rice and dal in water for 20 minutes.
- Drain the water and cook in pressure cooker with 4 cups of water.
- Cook till to 3-4 whistles and keep aside.
- Soak the tamarind in hot water and when it softens, Squeeze the pulp and keep aside.
- Heat the ghee in a pan.
- Add chopped vegetables, salt and turmeric powder with 1 cup water and cook the vegetable till to tender.
- Now add the tamarind paste, jaggery and chopped onion and cooked till to raw smell goes. Now add cooked rice and dal and mix well.
- Add bisi bele bath masala and mix well.
- Cook till to mashed consistency. Add more water if needed to adjust the consistency like khichdi.
- Heat the ghee in separate pan, add mustrad seeds, asafoetida, and cashew and curry leaves. Pour this tempering over the bisi bele bath and mix well.
- Garnish with boondi.
- Serve hot with papad and pickle.
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Some cook rice and lentils separately as you mentioned but my mother always cooks this as a one pot meal. It is one classic dish from the region and you have nailed the flavorful rice perfectly.
Xtra spicy BBB ..wow..looks tempting and so good. Grat idea and very innovative.
BBB was a weekly dish at home while growing up. I have since tried different variations of BBB and each time I fall in love with it 🙂 Your version sounds just as good.
Bisi bele baath is one of my favorite. Topped with kaara boondhi, it tastes heavenly.
A delicious and a healthy one pot meal with veggies and rice in it.
Bise bell bath with boondi and chips is simply delicious…
That’s a smart way to use the word and the dish no doubt is a favorite of many. You have got it done very well Preeti.
I wouldn’t mind the extra spiciness in BBB. Love the way you presented with the boondhi.
Spicy tteat that I love with chilled yogurt.. The bowl looks so inviting with boodi on top of it.