Bisibela bath

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice - 1 cup
Toor dhal - 1/2 cup
Carrot - 2
Beans - 4
Frozen Peas - 1/4 cup
Eggplant - 3
Tamarind pulp - 1 1/4 cup (according to your taste)
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Onion or pearl onions - 1 large(or)8 to 9
Water - 8 cups

To Garnish:

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Uradh dhal - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 3 to 4 leaves
Asafoetida - 2 pint

For powder:

Coriander - 2 tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Peppercorns - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 4 to 5
Channa dhal - 1/2 tsp
Uradh dhal - 1/2 tsp
Cloves - 1
Cinnamon - 1 inch
Fennel - 1/4 tsp

Fry above ingredients by adding 1 tsp of oil and make a powder.
Cut the carrots in small pieces and beans about 1 inch length, brinjal and drumstick in usual shapes.
Soak Basmati rice for 30 minutes
Soak the toor dhal seperately for 30 minutes.
Boil 3 cups of water and add toor dhal in it.
Cook toor dhal until it is half done.
Next add 5 cups of water bring them to boil and add rice to it
After 3 minutes add all vegetables and onion to the dhall and rice mixture and cook them well until it reaches a semi-watery state.
After the entire contents are cooked add tamarind pulp, salt and red chili powder,curry leaves, cilantro. Mix them and cook them well.
Finally add the powder mixture to the rice and stir them until its mixed well .
After the contents are cooked (porridge like state), remove and transfer to the serving pot.
Heat ghee in a pan, add asafoetida, mustard seeds, uradh dhal, curry leaves, fry till it pops, garnish on the rice.
Serve them hot.

I got interested in this recipe when I first enjoyed it in my
aunt's house.