Besibelah Bhath for Beginners

The original besibelah bath recipe consists of frying and grinding of some raw ingredients to derive the masala.But here I made use of readily available masala powders in the market and hence it made my job easy

Ingredients

Section I

• Raw Rice - 1 1/2 cups
• Toor Dhall - 3/4 cup
• Turmeric - a pinch
• Oil - 1/2 teaspoon
• Water - 6 cups

Section II

• Oil - 3 tablespoons
• Mustard - 1 teaspoon
• Small Onions - 1 cup (peeled and cut)
• Sambar Powder - 1 teaspoon

Section III

• Tamrind extract - 1/2 cup
• MTR Besibelah Bath Powder -  2 teaspoons
• Coconut Powder - 1 1/2 teaspoons
• Salt - 1 1/2 teaspoons
• Hing - a pinch

Method

• Wash rice and dhall well.Combine both of them together with the other ingredients mentioned in Section I and pressure cook for 5 whistles

• In a separate kadai heat oil splutter with mustard seeds and then saute onions in it till translucent

• Add sambar powder and pour in 1 cup of water.Allow it to boil for 5 minutes

• Extract tamarind juice - soak lemon ball sized tamarind in 1/2 cup of warm water for 15 minutes and squeeze in tamarind juice and add some more water

• Add tamarind extract to the cooked rice-dhall.Sprinkle hing.Add MTR Besibellah Bath powder,coconut powder and salt.Mix well and heat it in a low flame for 5 minutes

• Combine fried onions and rice-dhall mix.Top it with ghee if required

• Serve it with Hot Potato Curry, pappads and vadams

Variations

• Can also add chopped carrots, beans, drumstick pulp and fresh/ frozen peas