Bisi bele baath

Following are the ingredients and step by step method to prepare paste for Bisi bele baath.
Ingredients :
Step 1-

Channa Dal -2 spoon
Urad Dal -2 spoon
Coriander seed -2 spoon
Jeera -1 spoon
Poppy seed - 1 spoon
Methi -1/2 spoon
Fry all the ingredients listed above without oil for 5 minutes in medium flame.

Step 2 -

Pepper Corn - 5
Cinnamon -2
Clove -2
Marati mogu -4
asafoetidia -3 dash
Red chillies -5
Coconut - 2 inches
Fry all the above listed in 1 spoon oil.

step 3-

Now grind all the above ingredients listed in steps 1 and 2 by adding water into a thick paste.

Our base for the baath is ready .Here comes the full preparation .

Ingredients:

Soak - channa and peas overnight
Veggies -beans ,carrot, cabbage, potaoto, capsicum .
{cut them into medium pieces}
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Rice -1 cup
{Always rice and dal should be same ratio}
Tamarind paste - 2 spoon
Tomatoes - 1 { chop them into small pieces}
Ghee - 3 spoon
Ground nuts - Soak them
Turmeric powder
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt

Method:

Heat cooker and add dal, turmeric powder and 2cup water to it. Leave it to boil for sometime then add veggies and channa dal to it. Close with lid and leave for 1 whistle. Now add grounded paste , 2 cup water, tomatoes, tamarind paste, curry leaves, salt and groundnuts to it. Leave it to boil for 5 mints then add rice and keep stirring it frequently. It will take around 12 mints for the rice to get cooked. When the rice to cooked do the following seasoning.

For Seasoning:
Mustard seed-1/4 spoon
Urad Dal - 1/4 spoon
Channa Dal - 1/4 spoon
Curry leaves
Red chillies - 1
Cashew nuts

In a small frying pan pour oil then add all the above items one by one. Fry them and add to the cooker. Add Ghee and coriander leaves to it. Whenever the baath thickens add 3/4 cup water to it. Keep stirring and remove when the rice is done.
Serve hot with sev or kara bondhi.

Note:
For instant preparation used MTR Bisi bele baath powder instead of paste. It gives good taste.