Thursday, February 3, 2011

Brown Rice Bisibelebath

Ingredients:
Brown Rice 1 cup
Toor dal 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Water 1 cups
salt and oil as needed
Ghee 1 tblsp
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Onion 1/2 cup (cut into small pieces)
Beans 1/2 cup (cut int small pieces)
Carrot 1/2 cup (cut into small pieces)
peas 1/2 cup
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To Grind:
Channa dal 1 tblsp
Urad dal 1 tblsp
Dhania 2 tblsp
Fenugreek 1/2 tsp
Pepper 8
Asafoetida a small piece
Red chilli 4
Clove 2
Cinnammon sick 1" piece
Grated coconut 1/2 cup
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For Seasoning:
Cashewnuts 10
Peanut 10
Curry leaves few
Red chilli 2 (broken)
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Method:
Soak brown rice in 3 cups of water for one hour.
Soak toor dal with turmeric powder in one cup water for ten minutes.
Transfer both the rice and dal in a pressure cooker with the same water.
Allow 5 whistles.Keep aside.
Cut all the vegetables into small pieces.
Fry all the items mentioned in "To Grind" with little oil and grind
into a fine powder.
Add two cups of water in tamarind and exract juice.
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Take a deep bottomed vessel.
Add oil and fry onion till brown.
Add beans,carrot and peas.Saute well.
Add the cooked rice and dal with salt.
Add the tamarind juice.
Add the ground powder.
Mix well and add the remaining one cup of water.
Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Fry cashewnuts,peanuts,curry leaves and broken red chillies in ghee
and add to it finally.

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