Bisi Bele Bath (Authentic Karnataka Style)

Ingredients (31)

• for the rice:
• 1 cup regular rice
• ¼ cup raw peanuts
• ¼ teaspoon rock salt
• 2.5 cups water for cooking the rice.
• for the dal:
• ¾ cup arhar dal
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 cups water
• cooking veggies for bisi bele bath:
• 1 medium carrot
• 18 to 20 french beans
• ½ cup peas (matar)
• 3 to 4 small brinjals (baingan or aubergine)
• 1 medium onion
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 tablespoon tightly packed seedless tamarind soaked
• 2 to 2.5 cups water for cooking the vegetables
• 1 cup water added later
• 3 tablespoon bisi bele bath masala dissolved in 1 cup water
• ¼ teaspoon rock salt for cooking the vegetables
• 1 teaspoon rock salt added later or add as required
• 2 tablespoon unsweetened desiccated coconut
• for tempering bisi bele bath:
• 3 to 4 tablespoon ghee
• 1 or 2 marathi moggu
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 2 to 3 dry byadagi/bedgi chilies
• 12 to 15 curry leaves
• ¼ teaspoon asafoetida
• 18 to 20 cashews