Avalakki/Poha/ rice flakes bisibelebath:
Bisibele bath is a dish which is cooked with rice , lentils and vegetables along with spice powders .
Its normally cooked with rice. But on the days of fasting the rice can be replaced with poha and its taste remains the same.
I usually prepare this on Ekadashi( the 11th day in the lunar cycle). It is considered auspicious to fast on this day.Also scientifically, our system needs detoxification and fasting on regular basis with only fruits in our diet helps in flushing all the toxins.Ideally the elders in the family fast with only fruits and liquids on ekadashi, which I feel,is their secret of longevity and a healthy life.
But with time and with our lifestyle I can not follow the same diet. So I have customised the diet according to my convenience by eliminating cooked rice and onion garlic from the menu on this particular day and also I include wide variety of fruits.Ending my story and here goes the recipe.
Ingredients:
Tuvar dal/pegion peas lentils - 1 cup
Thick poha - 1 cup
Chopped mixed veggies- 1 cup ( Potatoes, peas, beans, carrots,Squash,Cluster beans)
Thick tamarind paste- 1 tbsp
Jaggery- 1 tsp
Bisibele bhat powder / samabar pwd- 2 tsp
Salt- to taste
For seasoning:
Oil/ ghee- 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 1/4th tsp
curry leaves- 1 spring
turmeric pwd- 1/8th tsp
hing- a generous pinch.
Procedure:
Cook the tuvar dal and vegetable in a pressure cooker.Wash and soak the poha for at least 1/2 n hr if using the thick ones. Once the pressure goes off take the boiled veggies and tuvar dal along with the soaked poha in a thick bottomed wide container.Add tamarind paste, bisibele bath powder,jaggery and salt.Adjust the consistency to desired level by adding water. Mix well and bring it to a boil.
Heat a wok add oil/ghee once hot add mustard seeds , once they crackle add curry leaves hing and turmeric powder. switch off and add this to prepared bisibele bath. Mix well .Serve hot with raita or chips.
Note:
1.Tuvar dal can be replaced by moong dal.Quantity remains same as tuvar dal. Dry roast moong dal before cooking it. Also cook the moong dal and vegetables direcly on stove top . Moong dal turns very mushy if cooked in pressure cooker.This has to be served immediately as the dish becomes very thick once cooled.
2.Poha can be replaced by broken wheat.Quantity remains same as poha. Cook it along with dal and veggies in pressure cooker and the rest of the procedure remains same.
3.Homemade Bisibele bhath powder recipe link is Here..
Bisibele bath is a dish which is cooked with rice , lentils and vegetables along with spice powders .
Its normally cooked with rice. But on the days of fasting the rice can be replaced with poha and its taste remains the same.
I usually prepare this on Ekadashi( the 11th day in the lunar cycle). It is considered auspicious to fast on this day.Also scientifically, our system needs detoxification and fasting on regular basis with only fruits in our diet helps in flushing all the toxins.Ideally the elders in the family fast with only fruits and liquids on ekadashi, which I feel,is their secret of longevity and a healthy life.
But with time and with our lifestyle I can not follow the same diet. So I have customised the diet according to my convenience by eliminating cooked rice and onion garlic from the menu on this particular day and also I include wide variety of fruits.Ending my story and here goes the recipe.
Ingredients:
Tuvar dal/pegion peas lentils - 1 cup
Thick poha - 1 cup
Chopped mixed veggies- 1 cup ( Potatoes, peas, beans, carrots,Squash,Cluster beans)
Thick tamarind paste- 1 tbsp
Jaggery- 1 tsp
Bisibele bhat powder / samabar pwd- 2 tsp
Salt- to taste
For seasoning:
Oil/ ghee- 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 1/4th tsp
curry leaves- 1 spring
turmeric pwd- 1/8th tsp
hing- a generous pinch.
Procedure:
Cook the tuvar dal and vegetable in a pressure cooker.Wash and soak the poha for at least 1/2 n hr if using the thick ones. Once the pressure goes off take the boiled veggies and tuvar dal along with the soaked poha in a thick bottomed wide container.Add tamarind paste, bisibele bath powder,jaggery and salt.Adjust the consistency to desired level by adding water. Mix well and bring it to a boil.
Heat a wok add oil/ghee once hot add mustard seeds , once they crackle add curry leaves hing and turmeric powder. switch off and add this to prepared bisibele bath. Mix well .Serve hot with raita or chips.
Note:
1.Tuvar dal can be replaced by moong dal.Quantity remains same as tuvar dal. Dry roast moong dal before cooking it. Also cook the moong dal and vegetables direcly on stove top . Moong dal turns very mushy if cooked in pressure cooker.This has to be served immediately as the dish becomes very thick once cooled.
2.Poha can be replaced by broken wheat.Quantity remains same as poha. Cook it along with dal and veggies in pressure cooker and the rest of the procedure remains same.
3.Homemade Bisibele bhath powder recipe link is Here..
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