Bisi Bele Rice

• Rice 1 cup
• Toor Dal 1/2 cup

• Oil 
• Mustard seeds 1 tsp
• Curry leaves 1 spring
• Dry red chilli 2
• Onion 1 (chopped)
• Shallots 6 (chopped)
• Vegetables cut (carrots, beans, peas, capsicum etc) 1 1/2 cup
• Tomato 1(Big)
• Salt to taste
• Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp(optional)
• Jaggary small piece
• Turmeric 1/4 tsp
• Tamarind gooseberry size ball( extract pulp in 1 cup water) 
• Bisi bele masala

To make Bisi Bele masala grind the following into a fine powder

• Channa dal 2tbsp
• Urad dal 1tbsp
• Corriander seeds 1 big spoon
• Jeera 1/2 tsp
• Methi seeds 1/2 tsp
• Dry red chilli 8
• Cinnamon 1 piece
• Cloves 5

Cook rice and toor dal together in a pressure cooker adding a little more water that required to get a sloggy consistency.

Heat some oil in  a kadai. Add mustard seeds. After it splutters add red chilli, then curry leaves.

Add onions and shallots and saute.

Add the cut vegetables and saute till they are 1/2 done.

Add tomatoes & salt required for the vegetables and saute again.

Add chilli powder, jaggary and turmeric.

Add tamarind pulp, Bisibele masala and some water. Mix well and bring to boil.

Add cooked rice & dal along with salt required for the rice and mix well. Add some more water  to get a runny consistency and then reduce it to a soggy consistency. 

Don't make it too dry because it ll loose some more moisture after it cools.

Serve with some papads.