Samba Godhumai Bisi Bele Bath / Broken Wheat Bisi Bele Bath
Bisi Bele Bath is a traditional one pot rice dish from Karnataka. This recipe replaces rice with Samba Wheat Or Samba Godhumai, Broken Wheat or Lapsi. Cooked Lentils, mixed vegetables and freshly ground Bisi Bele bath masala makes it a hearty, filling and scrumptious lunch recipe for the whole family.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup Samba Wheat / Broken Wheat / Lapsi 1 cup is 250 ml measurement
- 3/4 cup Toor Dal, Tuvar Dal or Arhar Dal
- 3 cups Mixed Vegetables of your choice I have used carrots, peas and green beans
- 2 tsp Ghee or Clarified butter
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds or Rai
- A pinch of asafoetida or hing
- 1 tbsp Tamarind Paste 1 tbsp is 15 ml measurement
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder or Haldi Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder or Lal Mirch
- 5 tbsp Bisi Bele Bath Masala Use heaped tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Water as required to cook Check the steps below
- FOR FINAL TEMPERING
- 1/4 cup Groundnuts
- 2-3 nos Whole dry red chillies
- 4-5 nos Curry Leaves sprigs
- 1 tbsp Chana dal or Bengal Gram Dal
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds or Rai
- 4 tbsp Ghee or Clarified Butter
- a pinch of asafoetida or hing
Instructions
- Wash and soak the Samba wheat for 15 minutes.
- Wash and soak the tuvar dal or Arhar dal for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Discard the soaked water, rinse the wheat and dal once. Remove excess water.
- Pressure Cook the samba wheat (1 wheat : 1 & 1/2 cups of water)
- Also, pressure cook the tuvar dal with 1 cup of water (3/4 lentils : 1 cup water)
- Now, pressure cook the vegetables and keep aside. Be careful not to overcook them.
- Heat a kadhai, add ghee and mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add hing.
- Now add the cooked vegetables, saute them for a few seconds.
- Add the cooked dal and Samba wheat along with some salt to taste.
- Mix well. Add tamarind paste, haldipowder, red chilli powder and the bisi bele bath powder.
- The bath will thicken and at this stage add some water to adjust the consistency. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes on low flame.
- After 5 minutes, Check for salt, spice levels and add more if required.
- Switch off the flame and prepare for tempering.
- In a small pan for tempering, heat ghee or clarified butter.Crackle mustard seeds, roast chana dal and hing along with peanuts and curry leaves. Pour the tempering over the bisi bele bath just before serving.
Notes
- Samba wheat tends to thicken with time and hence it is important to adjust the consistency of the same by adding water and salt appropriately.
- I pressure cook almost all the vegetables with no water. That way the nutrients are intact. I have a 10 litre pressure cooker which cooks all the 3 ingredients together (in separate vessels with lid) and saves time, ensures even cooking. I tend to keep the vegetables for cooking always at the top so that they don't turn mushy.
- Bisi Bele Bath is primarily made with rice, you can follow the same recipe and use Rice instead of Broken wheat. You won't need to add a lot of water too in that case to adjust consistency. The proportion of Rice to water would be 1:2. Use short grain rice variety for best results.
- You can add a variety of seasonal vegetables.
- I have used pondy red chillies for the tempering. You can use any available as per your taste and preferences.