Bisi bele bath | Karnataka style bisi bele bath recipe – A popular one-pot meal | sambar rice recipe from Karnataka. Bisi belebath recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.
I posted Bisi bele bath masala powder recipe in Jeyashris kitchen 2 days back. I have posted my mom’s version and restaurant-style sambar sadam recipe in Jeyashris kitchen. This is the traditional Karnataka style bisi belebath recipe. Traditionally no veggies are added in this version. So I followed that same method here.
My friend who shared this recipe with me used Thai rice for making this. I love using Thai rice for making Ven pongal and sakkarai pongal. It cooks so well and the aroma is so unique too. But here i used sona masoori rice | raw rice. The sliced small onions gives a very nice taste to this one pot meal. So do not compromise on this.
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Bisi bele bath recipe
Bisi bele bath recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup raw rice
- ½ cup toor dal
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups tamarind extract from a lemon sized tamarind
- 2-3 tbsp bisi bele bath powder
- ½ cup small onions sliced
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- Salt as needed
- 3 tbsp sesame oil
- Few curry leaves
- 2 tbsp ghee
- A handful of peanuts
- Few cashew nuts
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
Instructions
- Add the rice and toor dal in a vessel.
- Wash it well and add 3 cups of water.
- Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
- Once the pressure is released, take out and mash the rice well and keep it aside.
- Soak a lemon sized tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes.
- Using 2 cups water take the tamarind extract.
- In a heavy bottmed vessel | pan, add the sesame oil and when it is hot add the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- Once the mustard splutters add the peanuts and saute till it gets nicely roasted.
- Now add the tamarind water.
- Add salt, turmeric powder and bisi bele bath powder to this.
- I added 2.5 tblsp of the powder and felt I could have added more. So add 3 tbsp of bisi bele bath powder.
- Mix well.
- Let this boil for 5-7 minutes.
- Now add the cooked and mashed rice.
- Mix well, if needed add ½ cup of boiling water to adjust the consistency.
- Roast cashew nuts in 2 tbsp of ghee and add this on the top.
- Serve hot with potato fry, veg raita or simple fried papad.
- Delicious Bisi bele bath is ready.
Video
Notes
2. You can add veggies after the onions are suated well.
3. Bisi bele bath pairs well with Urulai roast.
- Add the rice and toor dal in a vessel.
- Wash it well and add 3 cups of water.
- Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
- Once the pressure is released, take out and mash the rice well and keep it aside.
- Soak a lemon sized tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes.
- Take 2 cups of tamarind extract and keep aside.
- In a heavy bottmed vessel | pan, add the sesame oil and when it is hot add the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- Once the mustard splutters add the peanuts and saute till it gets nicely roasted.
- Add the sliced small onions and saute till translucent. You can little salt while cooking the onions.
- Now add the tamarind water.
- Add salt, turmeric powder and bisi bele bath powder to this.
- I added 2.5 tblsp of the powder and felt I could have added more. So add 3 tbsp of bisi bele bath powder.
- Mix well.
- Let this boil for 5-7 minutes.
- Now add the cooked and mashed rice.
- Mix well, if needed add ½ cup of boiling water to adjust the consistency.
- Roast cashew nuts in 2 tbsp of ghee and add this on the top.
- Serve hot with potato fry, veg raita or simple fried papad.
- Delicious Bisi bele bath is ready.
Notes:
- Traditionally veggies are not added in Karnataka style bisi bele bath. But if you want, you can add carrot, beans, frozen peas or potato.
- You can add veggies after the onions are suated well.
- Bisi bele bath pairs well with Urulai roast.
