Bessi Belauhuli [Karnataka spl]

Ingredients :

• Raw rice - 2 cups [Good quality]
• Tuvar dal - 1 cup
• Tamarind - Small lemon size
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 sp
• Salt - As per taste
• Ghee - 4 tbl sp
• Peanuts - 1 hand full [Fried in ghee]
• Cashewnuts - 10 [ Halved and fried in ghee].

Roast Lightly and Powder :

• Cinnamon - 1 piece
• Cardamom - 4
• Cloves - 3 to 4.

Vegetables :

• Cauliflower - 1 cup [Flowerettes]
• Peas - 1/2 cup [Shelled]
• French beans - 1/2 cup [Cut into 1 inch length]
• Carrot - 1/2 cup [Cut into 1/2 inch length]
• Potato - 1/2 cup [Peeled and cut into same size]
• Brinjal - 1/2 cup [Washed and cut into long big pieces]
• Drumstick - 2 [Cut into 1/2 inch lenth piece].

Fry in oil and powder :

• Oil - 2 tsp
• Channa dal - 2 tbl spn [Fry till golden]
• Urad dal - 1 tbl sp [Fry till golden]
• Coriander seeds - 1 tbl sp
• Red chillies - 6 to 8
• Methi seeds - 1 /2 sp
• Grated copra - 1 cup.

For Seasoning :

Ghee - 4 tbl sp
Mustard seeds - 1 sp
Red chillies - 2  [Halved]
Asafoetida powder - 1/4 sp
Curry leaves - Little
Onion - 3 [Peeled and  cut into thin strips]
Tomatoes 3 [Chopped into fine pieces]
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup.

Method :

Wash both rice and tuvar dal together and pressure cook. Cook the vegetables in the extracted tamarind pulp adding turmeric powder, salt, and 1/4 sp asafoetida powder and cook till vegetables are tendered. Then add the fried and powdered masala and simmer for 5 mins. Heat 4 tbl sp ghee in kadai add mustard seeds, asafoetida powder, red chillies and curry leaves. When the mustard seeds splutters, add onion and fry till light brown, add tomato pieces and saute for a while. Add the cooked vegetable mixture, cooked rice dal and mix well. Add roasted and powdered gram masala towards the end stirring from the bottom of the pan.Add more ghee for taste and preference. Garnish with coriander leaves and fried peanuts, cashewnuts. Transfer to a bowl and serve hot with desired things.