Wash and soak rice and tuvar daal for at least 30 mins.
Pressure cook rice & daal together for 3 whistle.
Soak tamarind in half cup hot water. Squeeze it and filter to a bowl.
Add the MTR bisi bele bath powder, jaggery, salt to the tamarind juice. Mix well to remove lumps. Set aside.
Heat a pan with 1 tsp ghee, add the vegetables and sauté for 3 to 4 mins.
Pour 1 cup of water and cook the vegetables till they are 70% done. This way they retain the crunchiness.
Pour the tamarind mix and stir well. Allow it to boil for few minutes.
Add the rice-daal and mix well. Add 1 to 1 1/4 cups water and stir well. Let the rice come to a boil on a medium flame. This takes around 5-7 minutes.
Cook till the rice reaches a desired consistency.
Taste and adjust spices and salt.
In a small pan take ghee for tadka. Put mustard seeds in it. When it splatters, add asafetida, red chili, curry leaves and cashews.
Pour the tadka over the bisi bele bath. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Ready to serve. Bisi bele bath is usually served with papad, raita and achar.
