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Brunch

Bisi Bela Bhath

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bisibelabhat

This is my entry to RCI: Karnataka Cuisine hosted by Asha of Foodies Hope. Thank You Asha for hosting this beautiful event…

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Bisi Bela Bhath
Author: Bhawana
Ingredients
  • 1 cup long-grained Rice
  • ¾ cup Toor Daal
  • 2 cups Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Beans, Potatoes, Peas)
  • 1 cup Tamarind Juice (soak golf ball sized lump of tamarind in 1 cup water for 15 minutes. Squeeze out juice.)
  • 3 tbsp Bisi Bela Bhath Masala
  • 2 Tomatoes, chopped
  • ¼ cup Peanuts, roasted
  • 1/2 cup Coconut, shredded
  • 1 tsp Garlic Paste
  • 1 tsp Ginger Paste
  • 10 Cashew Nuts
  • 3 tbsp Ghee
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 6 Curry Leaves
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 2 Onions, thin sliced
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander Leaves to garnish
Instructions
  1. Wash toor dal & rice.
  2. Add mixed vegetables and 2 cups of water to it.
  3. Half cook it in a pressure cooker. Keep aside.
  4. Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. When they stop spluttering add ginger-garlic & onions and fry till soft.
  5. Add tomatoes, when they turn soft add bisi bela bhath masala. When it start leaving oil at corners add peanuts, coconut & cooked rice-dal and vegetables.
  6. Add the tamarind juice and 1 cup of water to this and bring to a boil.
  7. Add salt to taste and cook till all ingredients are done.
  8. Heat a little ghee and fry cashew nuts until golden brown in color.
  9. Add it to the rice just before ready to serve.
  10. Garnish with coriander leave.
  11. Serve hot with boondi raita.

Paneer Paratha

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Paneer Paratha is a comfort food for me. I am angry, upset or not feeling good about anything, give me Paneer paratha & I will forget everything. My Mom used to make it quite often for me (oh! I miss it) & no matter how many times I try still I miss the same taste.

 

Paneer Paratha
Author: Bhawana
Ingredients
  • 2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • For stuffing:-
  • 2 cup crumbled Paneer
  • 1 tsp roasted cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp coriander Pd
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • ½ tsp red chilli Pd
  • ½ tsp chaat masala
  • Salt to taste
  • Small bunch coriander leaves chopped
  • (Add green chillies up to taste)
Instructions
  1. Knead a smooth and firm dough with the help of little oil & water. Keep it aside for few minutes.
  2. Mix all the ingredients for stuffing
  3. Take a ball of the dough and flatten each ball a little, then put 2 tbsp. of paneer mixture in the center.
  4. Cover the stuffing by gathering the edges
  5. Press on the floured board & roll out in to a round paratha
  6. Put paratha on a hot tava, cook until brown from both sides.
  7. Serve hot with butter, pickle or curd.