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Grain dish, illustrative
Volume II · 6.05

Sattvic Bisi Bele Bath

Serves
6
Portion
≈250 g
Time
50 min
Texture
Soft porridge
Season
WinterMonsoon
Dosha
  • Vata
  • Pitta
  • Kapha

Complete one-pot meal

Ingredients

What you need

Ingredients for 6 servings
DoneIngredientHousehold measureQuantity (6 servings)Café batch ×5
Rice, white basmati (raw)¾ cup150 g750 g
Toor / arhar dal½ cup100 g500 g
Water5½ cups1300 ml6500 ml
Turmeric powder¼ tsp1 g5 g
Carrot180 g400 g
French beans860 g300 g
Green peas, fresh⅓ cup60 g300 g
Pumpkin (kaddu)¾ cup100 g500 g
Tamarind pulplime-size10 g50 g
Jaggery (gur)2 tsp10 g50 g
Coriander seed / powder1 tbsp (masala)6 g30 g
Chana dal1 tsp (masala)5 g25 g
Urad dal, split½ tsp (masala)3 g15 g
Cinnamon½-inch0.5 g2.5 g
Clove20.3 g1.5 g
Kashmiri chilli powder (mild)¼ tsp1 g5 g
Dry coconut (khopra), grated1½ tbsp15 g75 g
Ghee (cow)4 tsp20 g100 g
Mustard seeds¼ tsp1 g5 g
Curry leaves81 g5 g
Cashew nuts710 g50 g
Rock salt (sendha namak)1 tsp5 g25 g

Method

How to cook it

  1. Step 1: Pressure-cook rice and toor with turmeric and 900 ml water 5 whistles; mash.

  2. Step 2: Cook vegetables in remaining water with tamarind, jaggery and salt.

  3. Step 3: Roast masala ingredients; grind with coconut; add to vegetables; simmer 5 minutes.

  4. Step 4: Combine with rice–dal; loosen with hot water; temper ghee, mustard, curry leaves, cashews.

Nutrition

Per serving, estimated

242kcal
Energy
7.5g
Protein
6.4g
Fat
38.6g
Carbohydrate
4.3g
Fibre
0.8g
Salt

Where the energy comes from

Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g

Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.

Variations & further ideas