BISI BELE BAATH POWDER

This powder is used for preparing Bisi Bele Baath, one of the most popular, traditional rice-lentil-vegetable combo main dish, speciality of Karnataka, South India. Bisi Bele Bath literally means “hot” “lentil” “dish made of rice”

Dish type: Spice Powder

Time taken: 10 min

Quantity: 50 gms

Ingredients

Methi seeds                1 tsp

Cinnamon                  1” long piece

Coriander seeds         4 tspns

Bengal gram dhal      4 tspns

Red chillies                50 gms

Directions

Dry fry all ingredients separately in a pan. Allow it to cool thoroughly

Powder them finely. Store in an air tight container

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It is preferable to add grated dry coconut to the powder while making Bisi Bele Baath. 

If you plan to prepare this powder in more quantity and store it, it is all the more important not to add dry grated coconut to the powder.

Optional additional ingredients for making this powder: Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp, Jeera – ½ tsp, Pepper corns – ½ tsp, Clove – 1 no. Black gram dal – 2 tsps

Recipe contributed by Smt. Lalithamma Ramamurthy

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