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February 14, 2013

Bisi Bele Bath

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Shimoga is a hub for vegetable and fruit shopping. For a food lover like me, it is elating to go out shopping for vegetables in the early hours of the cold mornings. Recently we had been to a fruit and vegetable fair in Shimoga, and I feasted my eyes with things I had not seen in real.

Cocoa
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Carved Melon
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Cinnamon
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Fresh Pepper (Before Drying)
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Fresh Cloves (Before Drying)
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White Chillies
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Baby Bitter Gourd
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Tapioca (Mara Genasu)
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Tamarind
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Little did I know as to how cocoa looked like, and I had never attempted to know its origin even once. I lag some percentage behind, when it comes awareness of facts :) When I saw the fruit in real, I just thought, all the chocolate delicacies, ice-creams, cookies and all sweet treats containing chocolate taste sinfully delicious due to this humble looking fruit.

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I was even happier to spot the green form of the fragrant cloves (Lavang), that is used extensively in biriyanis / pilafs, gravies and our bisi bele bath (BBB). It was a good fair, and it was a nice opportunity for me to capture all the rare forms of recipe ingredients.

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I had written about the goodness of BBB in my last post. This heart warming one pot meal deserves a lot of attention while it is being prepared. I think I have seen my MIL doing a demo for me for about 8-9 times, and still, I have to honestly admit, I cannot make it taste as good as hers ;) I tend to take hasty decisions during the process of preparation and end up modifying the flavors. If there is a slightest variation in the flavor of BBB, he shows it through his expressions. It is his pick for a lavish lunch.

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Bisi Bele Bath

By Pratiba Bhat, February 14, 2013

Bisi Bele Bath

Bisi Bele Bath is a one meal made from rice, lentils and vegetables. This is generally served hot with a dollop of ghee/butter. Some even savor it with potato chips and raitha.

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

  • Rice - 1 cup
  • Toor Dal - 1 cup
  • Tomato - 1 medium sized (Cut into half)
  • Vegetables
  • Turnip - 1 medium sized (Chopped)
  • Green Beans - 1 cup (Chopped)
  • Carrot - 1 cup (Chopped)
  • Green Peas - 1/2 cup
  • Eggplant / Brinjal - 1 cup (Cut into bite sized large pieces)
  • Capsicum - 1 cup (Chopped)
  • Onions - 1 medium sized (Optional; else replace onion with 1/2 tsp of asafetida)
  • Fenugreek Leaves (Menthe Soppu) - 1/2 cup (Chopped)
  • Flavoring
  • Bisi Bele Bath Powder - 8-9 tsp Recipe Here: http://foodforjoy.in/2013/02/bisi-bele-bath-powder/
  • Tamarind - 1 inch sphere (Soaked in 1 cup of water for half an hour)
  • Dry Coconut - 3 tbsp (Scrapped or Grated)
  • Poppy Seeds - 1 tsp
  • Unroasted Peanuts - 1/2 cup
  • Jaggery - 1 tsp (Grated or powdered)
  • Seasoning
  • Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Vegetable Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Curry Leaves - 2 twigs
  • Dry red chillies - 1
  • Other Ingredients
  • Vegetable Oil - 4 tbsp
  • Butter - 2 tbsp
  • Water - 2 to 2.5 liters (Approx.)
  • Table Salt - 1.5 to 2 tbsp

Instructions:

Step 1: Cook the toor dal and tomato with 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker. Let the dal be cooked well. Keep this aside.

Step 2: Extract the tamarind pulp from the soaked tamarind. Keep this aside.

Step 3: In a large vessel / pressure cooker, add about 3 cups of water. To this add 4 tbsp of vegetable oil and let the water come to a boil. Once water boils add in the rice and peanuts. Let the heat be high.

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Step 4: Keep the vessel covered for 5 minutes.

Step 5: Add in the vegetables except for brinjal. Add in the fenugreek / methi leaves too. Add in 3 cups of water, butter, jaggery and salt. Mix gently.

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Step 6: Let the mixture come to a boil. Keep covered for 10 minutes or until all the vegetables are cooked.

Step 7: In the mean time, in a separate wok / kadai add the tamarind pulp, let this come to a boil on a high heat. Add in 8-9 teaspoons of Bisi Bele bath powder and stir well until both are combined. Let this mixture cook for about 5-7 minutes on a low heat. This is just to remove the raw smell of tamarind and the powder. Keep this aside.

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Step 8: Add in the cooked toor dal and tomato. Add more water if you feel the necessity. Add the brinjal pieces. Mix gently. Let the rice be grainy. Do not over mix the mixture else the rice grains could break into bits.

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Step 9: Add the tamarind + powder mixture prepared in step 7, to the rice-lentil mixture and let this come to a boil.

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Step 10: Roast the poppy seeds in a small wok on a low heat for 1 minute. In a blender add in the roasted poppy seeds and grated coconut and grind to a fine paste. Add this to the bisi bele bath. Mix gently. See to it you have the rice grains unbroken. Turn off the heat.

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Step 11: In a small wok add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil and heat it on a low flame. Add in the mustard seeds. Let the mustard seeds stop popping and then add the curry leaves and red chillies. After 5 seconds turn off the heat and add this seasoning to the prepared bisi bele bath.

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  • On: February 14, 2013
  • In: Breakfast, Lunch, Indian, Mysore, Udupi, Rice / Pilaf / Pulav / Biriyani, Bangalore
  • Tags: Tagged with: Rice, Onions, Vegetable Oil, Water, Capsicum, Tomato, Table Salt, Mustard Seeds, Curry Leaves, Green Beans, Toor Dal, Dry red chillies, Carrot, Unroasted Peanuts, Dry Coconut, Fenugreek Leaves (Menthe Soppu), Tamarind, Jaggery, Butter, Green Peas, Turnip, Eggplant / Brinjal, Bisi Bele Bath Powder, Poppy Seeds
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17 Responses to Bisi Bele Bath

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  2. The food fair was very nice. BBB is very nice recipe.
    Thank u :).

    Reply
    Chetana M S says: November 13, 2014 at 7:01 PM
    • Thanks Chetana :)

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      Pratiba Bhat says: November 18, 2014 at 2:50 PM
  3. Hai mam,
    I am doing catering in chennai. Nowadays only the UDIPI name was used in some hotels but the taste was their own.
    Here your avial, bisbilie etc., gives us original UDIPI the famous place for vegies. Coming to bisibeli…. when we started cook the aroma grabed some neighbours with vessel for them too. Though that was prepared correctly, we loved to cook once again to give the neighbours.
    thanks again for the tremendous taste that bring back memories of my CHILDHOOD days where the same chennai was served with original UDIPI HOTELS.
    SIVA

    Reply
    Siva says: August 24, 2014 at 5:06 AM
  4. Loved ur bisibele bath pdr and rice…it turned out xlnt…family loved it

    Reply
    SONAL Lele says: April 27, 2014 at 7:22 AM
    • Thats great to hear :) Thank you :)

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      Pratiba Bhat says: May 24, 2014 at 3:20 PM
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  6. I made this just as you have explained. The powder had a very inviting aroma. My in laws were very happy to savour it. All credits to you. The best recipe for bisi bele bath this is.

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    Malathi says: May 8, 2013 at 9:15 AM
    • Thank you. I must tell this to my mum in law. :)

      Reply
      Pratiba Bhat says: May 12, 2013 at 5:32 PM
  7. Karthik, Ashwini: Thank you :)

    Reply
    Pratiba Bhat says: February 22, 2013 at 10:08 AM
  8. Your Bisibelebath looks very delicious. Lovely clicks also.

    BTW, are you a havyaka, just curious ;)

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    M D says: February 21, 2013 at 6:55 PM
    • MD: Thank you! I’m a Shivalli married to an Iyer :)

      Radhika: Yes the fair was an eye opener. Brinjal was an accidental addition once. And thereafter we love our BBB with brinjal in it :)

      Reply
      Pratiba Bhat says: February 22, 2013 at 10:13 AM
      • Oh wow ! We have many Shivallis married to our community too ! Just got curious out of your second name since I share the same one too ;) Glad to connect with you!

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        Mallika says: February 22, 2013 at 11:54 AM
        • Thank you Mallika. glad to know you as well :)

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          Pratiba Bhat says: February 22, 2013 at 3:44 PM
  9. That’s an awesome food fair Pratiba!
    I have never seen fresh cloves, tapioca or fresh cinnamon from the tree like that. Must be a treat indeed.
    What’s not to love about BBB! Poppy seeds and roasted peanuts plus brinjal are new to me in BBB.

    Reply
    Radhika @ Just Homemade says: February 21, 2013 at 12:26 AM
  10. Such a pretty antique serveware. And your recipe sounds great. Lucky are those who get to eat homemade bbb :)

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    Ashwini says: February 16, 2013 at 2:15 PM
  11. ohh wow. beeootiful. i love this dish a lot.

    Reply
    Karthik says: February 16, 2013 at 10:50 AM

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