BISIBELE BATH/ SAMBAR RICE

Yields: 10 servings

Ingredients 

Rice: 1 cup
Togaribele/tuver dal: ½ cup
Bisibele bath powder/plain sambar powder: 5 tbsp
Salt: as required
Tamarind: lemon size(soak in hot water and extract pulp)
Gingelly oil: 4 tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Peanuts: ¼ cup
Curry leaves: 10 leaves
Hing powder: ½ tsp
Red chilli: 1 no
Carrot: ¼ cup(cut in cubes)
Beans: ¼ cup(cut in pieces)
Green peas: ¼ cup
Potato: ¼ cup(cut in cubes)
Cabbage: ¼ cup(cut in pieces)
Tomato: 1 no (medium size, cut in cubes)

Preparation 

1. Pressure cook rice and tuver dal together with 4 cups of water. You may cook the rice-dal directly in the pressure cooker or separately in a vessel in the cooker. 
2. Meanwhile in a pan heat 2 tbsp of oil, add ½ tsp of mustard seeds, once it crackles add peanuts and fry for 2 minutes. Add 5-6 curry leaves and all vegetables. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
3. Add bisibele bath powder, salt and tamarind pulp to the vegetables, bring it to boil.
4. Bring the vegetables, rice-dal together in the cooker and continue cooking for 12-15 minutes.
5. Prepare tempering in another pan by adding ½ tsp of mustard seeds to remaining 2 tbsp of hot oil, once it crackles add remaining curry leaves, hing powder, red chilli and pour it on the bisibele bath.
6. A very tasty and filling lunch is ready to relish with papad, onion raita, brinjal raita, or tomato raita.