BISI BELE HULI ANNA

NOTE: Bisi Bele Huli Anna a traditional dish from Karnataka where the use of traditional spices and copra enriches the dish and makes it delicious to eat.I have prepared this dish with a slight twist. Instead of copra I have used fresh coconut scraping fried it to a light brown colour along with curry leaves and powdered it with some jaggery .The dish tastes just yum!!!Try this version too.Since this dish has vegetables too all it needs is some fresh chips as side dish.

U need:
Mixed vegetables ( drumstick,red sweet pumpkin,brinjal,carrot,potato): 2 cups
Rice:1 cup
Toover dal :3/4th cup
Tamarind paste: 2 tsp
To fry in 2 tablsp ghee and grind to a fine powder:
Dhaniya seeds: 2 and 1/2 tsp
Black pepper corns: 1/2 tsp
Urad dal:  1tsp
Chana dal: 1 tsp
Cloves: 3
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Cinnamon stick: 2
Cardamom pods: 3
Red chillies: 4 or 5 ( as per individual taste)
Asefodita powder : 1/2 tsp
To lightly fry in 2 tsp ghee:
1/4 cup fresh coconut
2 tsp fresh curry leaves
Salt to taste
Jaggery: 1 tsp
Garnish:
Ghee: 2 tablsp
Broken cashews: 2 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

METHOD:
1. Wash rice and dal together and soak for 15 mins. Pressure cook in a  pressure pan with turmeric powder till it is cooked well.
2. In a kadai add the mixed vegetables,2and 1/2  cups water,some salt and cook till the vegetables are semi cooked.
3. Grind to powder the golden fried coconut and curry leaves.Add the jaggery to it.Mix this powder to the spice powder already prepared.
4. Open the pressure cooker. Mash the dal and rice well.Add the semi cooked vegetables and simmer on low heat.Add salt to taste along with the tamarind paste.Add 1/2 cup water and continue simmering for few mins,stirring occasionally till the vegetable is cooked and blended well with dal and rice.
5. Add the spice,and coconut powder and mix well.If needed add another 1/2 cup water.Simmer for another 5 mins.Meanwhile in a small pan add 2 tablsp ghee.When hot add the cashews and toss well.Add the mustard seeds and pour this over the simmering beisi bele huli anna.
6. Cover with a lid for 15 mins.Now just before serving transfer to a serving bowl,add some more chopped curry leaves and serve piping hot with pappads or potato chips. 
Bonn!!!!Appetite!!!!