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Bisi Bele Huliyana Recipe

   
 

Recipes in English >> Vegetarian Recipes >> Bisi Bele Huliyana

   
 

A delicious South Indian dish of hot and sour rice and lentils cooked together.

   
 


 

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bullet Basmati rice 300 gm/1 ¼ cups
bullet Lentils (toor daal) 160 gm/ 2/3 cup
bullet Asafoetida (heeng) 2.5 gm/ 1/2 tsp
bullet Cardamoms 5
bullet Cashew nuts, split 20 gm/4 tsp
bullet Cauliflower, small florets 60 gm/ ¼ cup
bullet Bengal gram (chana daal), husked
and split 60 gm/ ¼ cup
bullet Cinnamon 2 sticks of 1” each
bullet Cloves 5
bullet Cumin (jeera) seeds 2.5 gm/1 tsp
bullet Curry leaves 10
bullet Fenugreek (methi) seeds 5 gm/1 tsp
bullet Green peas 60 gm/ ¼ cup
bullet Groundnut oil to deep fry
bullet Groundnut oil for tempering 30 ml/2 tbs
bullet Lentils (urad daal), husked and split 30 gm/2 tbs
bullet Mustard (sarson) seeds 2.5 gm/ 1/2 tsp
bullet Red chilli powder 2.5 gm/ 1/2 tsp
bullet Red chillies, whole 2
bullet Salt to taste
bullet Tamarind (imlee) extract 45 gm/3 tbs
bullet Tomatoes, chopped 400 gm/ 1 2/3 cups
bullet Turmeric (haldi) powder 5 gm/1 tsp
  • Wash rice and toor daal and soak separately for 30 minutes. To make the masala, broil the gram and urad daal separately on a griddle till light brown. Broil the cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves, cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds separately on the griddle for 30 seconds each. Grind together with the broiled urad daal and gram in a blender.
  • Deep fry the cashew nuts till golden brown. Keep aside. Put toor daal in a handi, add 2.5 litres/10 cups water and bring to a boil. Let simmer until almost cooked. Drain rice and add to the daal with peas and cauliflower and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Stir in the tomatoes, tamarind and the asafoetida. Add red chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Stir in the blended masala. Cover and simmer till lentils and rice are mashed and achieve a porridge like consistency. Sprinkle curry leaves and let simmer.
  • Meanwhile, heat 30 ml/2 tablespoons oil in a kadhai and crackle mustard seeds in it. Add whole red chillies and stir for 15 seconds. Pour the tempering over the lentil-rice mixture. Stir for 2 minutes.
  • Time:
    Preparation: 40 minutes
    Cooking: 40 minutes
  • To Serve: Garnish with cashew nuts and serve with mango pickle and poppadams.


 

 
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