Bisibela Bhath

Ingredients:

Broken cashew nuts - 10
Cardamom - 1
Cinnamon - 1
Cloves - 2
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coconut - 2 tsp
Dry red chillis - 4
Few curry leaves
Hing - 1 pinch
Mixed vegetables (carrots, beans, green peas, tomatoes, drum sticks, onions, brinjal) - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil
Salt - to taste
Rice - 1 cup
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Tamarind juice - 3 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 2 tsp

Method:

1. Wash the toor dal and rice. Add 3 cups of water to it. Pressure cook and keep aside

2. Dry roast cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, channa dal, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, red chillies. Mix with coconut, turmeric pdr and grind it to a powder form

3. Heat the oil in pan, splutter the cumin and mustard seeds. Add curry leaves, cashews and onions and fry till soft. Add all the chopped vegetables and saute

4. Add the rice, toor dal to the fried vegetables and add the powdered masala and tomatoes along with tamarind juice and salt, cook for 10 mins

5. Garnish the dish with coriander leaves and ghee

Serve hot with papad