Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, bisi bele bath recipe | bisibelabath recipe | bisibele bhath or bisibele rice is a vegetarian south indian rice made with coriander seeds, chana dal, and urad dal in about 40 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: rice
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
bisi bele bath masala:
- 4 tsp coriander seeds
- 4 tsp chana dal
- 2 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp jeera / cumin
- ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek seeds
- ½ tsp pepper
- 3 pods cardamom / elachi
- 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
- 4 cloves / lavang
- 2 tbsp dry coconut / copra
- 2 tsp poppy seeds / khus khus
- 1 tsp sesame seeds / til
- 1 tsp oil
- 12 dried kashmiri red chilli
- few curry leaves
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
other ingridents:
- ½ carrot (chopped)
- 5 beans (chopped)
- 2 tbsp matar / peas
- ½ potato / aloo (cubed)
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 2 cups water
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup tamarind extract
- ½ tsp jaggery / gud
- ½ onions (petals)
- 1 cup toor dal (cooked)
- 2½ cup rice (cooked)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
for tempering:
- 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp mustard / rai
- 1 dried red chilli
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 10 whole cashew / kaju
Method
- firstly, cook vegetables, 2 tbsp peanuts, 2 cups water, ¼ tsp turmeric and 1 tsp salt.
- now add ¾ cup tamarind extract, ½ tsp jaggery and ½ onions. boil for 10 mins.
- further add 1 cup of cooked toor dal, 2½ cup of cooked rice and 1 cup water.
- add 4 tsp of bisi bisi bele bath masala and simmer for 20 mins.
- pour the tempering and serve bisi bele bath with boodi or mixture.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
