Bisi Bele Bhaat-SK Khazana

Ingredients list for Bisi Bele Bhaat-SK Khazana

• 1 1/2 cups Ambemohar rice soaked and drained`
• 3/4 cup Split pigeon peas (tuvar dal) soaked and drained
• 2 tablespoons Hulianna masala
• 3 tablespoons Oil
• 1 Large onion sliced
• 3 Green chillies slit
• 18-24 Curry leaves
• 10-12 Sambhar onions
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• 6 Dried red chillies
• 3 Medium tomatoes quartered
• 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
• 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
• to taste Salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Tamarind paste
• 4 tablespoons Ghee
• 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
• 10-12 Cashewnuts
• for garnish Fresh coriander sprig

Method

1. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add onion, green chillies and 6-8 curry leaves, mix and sauté till fragrant.
2. Add sambhar onions and turmeric powder and mix. Break 3 dried red chillies, add to the cooker alongwith tomatoes, asafoetida and chilli powder, mix well and cook till the tomatoes turn soft and pulpy.
3. Add hulianna masala and mix well. Add rice, pigeon peas, salt, 5-5½ cups water and tamarind paste, mix well, cover and cook under pressure till the pressure is released 3-4 times.
4. Heat 2 tablespoons ghee in a non-stick pan. Add mustard seeds and sauté till the seeds splutter.
5. Add remaining curry leaves and remaining dried chillies, mix and sauté for 30 seconds. Add this to the cooked rice mixture.
6. Heat remaining ghee in the same pan. Add cashewnuts and fry till browned. Add this to the cooked rice mixture and mix well.
7. Garnish with coriander leaf and serve hot.