Bisi Bele Bath/Karnadaka Sambar Rice

Bisi Bele Bath is a wholesome food filled with veggies,rice and dhal..Its an easy to cook recipe too..you can make it in 30 minutes and serve it with some simple chips..I got this recipe is one of my friend,who is from Bangalore.

Ingredients
Rice-3/4cup
Toor Dhal-1/4cup
Vegetables of your choice(cut into big chunks)-1cup
Tomatoes(medium size)-2
One fist full of raw peanuts
Tamarind juice-1/4cup
Turmeric powder-1/4spoon
Chilli powder-1/2spoon
MTR Sambar powder-11/2spoon
Water-21/4 cups
Salt to taste

For tempering
Oil-1spoon
Onion(medium size)-1
Bell pepper(small)-1
Few curry leaves
Cinnamon -2"stick
Cloves-2
Cumin seeds-1/2spoon
Mustard seeds-1/2spoon
Red chilli-2

Method
Wash and soak the rice&dhal together for half an hour.
Combine all the ingredients in a pressure cooker and cook it for 3 whistles.

Make the tempering with the ingredients given under "For tempering"..

Add the tempering with the rice and mix it well.

Bisi Bele Bath is ready to serve..enjoy it with chips or vadaams.


Note
I added 2brinjals,few pieces of drumstick,few chow-chow chunks,one small carrot,3-4 beans and one small potato. You can add your choice of veggies.
In the tempering I have added both yellow and red bell pepper pieces,which really enhanced the taste..so don't miss to add the capsicum.
I heard that there is a special masala powder for this recipe,but never tried making it, MTR Sambar powder works fine too. ;)