Bisibele Bath

Ingredients

Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
Rice - 1 cup
Mixed Diced vegetables - 2-3 cups ( Beans, Carrots, Potato, Capsicum)

For BBB powder

Channa dal -2 tsp heaped
Urad dal- 1 tsp heaped
Cinnamom bark - 6-8 half inch pieces
Cloves - 5-6
Cardamom- 2
Cumin seeds - 8 seeds
Coriander seeds - 1/4 cup
Dry red chillies - about 10 depending upon spice consumed
Curry leaves - a few sprigs

Method

1.Take a big vessel and add about 2 Tbs of oil, washed toor dal, a pinch of turmeric and 6 cups of water. Boil till the toor dal is almost done. This will take about 1/2 an hour. Toor dal can also be pressure cooked but make sure it's not overcooked. While the dal is getting cooked , step 2 can be prepared.
2.Take a drop of ghee/clarified butter and fry all the above dry ingredients .Dals first and once they turn reddish-brown, the others follow. Fry till a nice aroma picks up. Cool and powder it.
3.Wash and drain the rice and add to the boiled dal along with the mixed diced vegetables. Add water such that the vegetables are just immersed and boil. When the rice is half done, add salt and dry copra. Mix in about 1/2 tsp of tamarind paste and stir well. By now the consistency should have picked up to a semi solid state.
4.Add water to the BBB powder from step 2 and make it into a paste. This avoids the powder getting clumped. If powder is added directly to the boiling mixture, clumps form and the powder dosen't get mixed in well.
5.Mix in the BBB powder paste to the step 3 mixture and check for salt. Make sure the BBB is a little watery otherwise it will become hard when it cools. Switch off the stove after a single boil. Season with mustard seeds, Asafoetida/heeng and curry leaves. Enjoy with a dollop of ghee and potato chips or papad.