Vivek's Favourite Recipe: Bisibele Hulianna

Ingredients:
1 cup toovar (arhar) dal (washed)
1 cup uncooked rice (washed)
u00bc cup French beans (chopped)
u00bc cup carrots (chopped)
u00bd cup potatoes (cubed)u00a0
u00bd cup capsicums (cubed)
u00bd tsp turmeric powderu00a0
3 curry leaves
2 tbsp tamarind pulp
2 tsp oil
salt to taste
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For the powdered masala
2 tbsp chana dalu00a0
2 tbsp urad dalu00a0
2 sticks cinnamon (dalchini)
u00bd dry coconut
8 whole dry red chillies
3 tbsp coriander (dhania) seeds
1 tbsp oil
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Method:
1. Boil the vegetables and keep aside. Roast the ingredients to be powdered on a medium flame till aromatic. Cool and dry. Grind them.
2. Boil 5 cups of water in a heavy-bottomed pan, add oil, turmeric powder, toovar dal, salt and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.
3. Add the rice, cover and cook over medium flame for 20 minutes, till the rice and dal are cooked.
4. When the rice is cooked, add the boiled vegetables, powdered masala, curry leaves, tamarind pulp and salt, mix gently and cook further for five minutes
5. Serve hot with ghee.