DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Bisi bele bath
Also known as: Bisi bele bhath, Hot lentil rice
Rice and pigeon-pea lentils with vegetables, tamarind and roasted spices.
About Bisi bele bath
Swasthi Shreekanth presents this Karnataka-style bisi bele bath as a long-standing family recipe within the region’s rice-and-lentil tradition. Rice and pigeon-pea lentils combine with vegetables, tamarind, jaggery and a homemade roasted spice powder.
Coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves and red chillies give the dish its aromatic seasoning. Ghee enriches the rice mixture and the cashew-and-mustard tempering, with curry leaves and asafoetida adding further fragrance.
The finished dish is thick and creamy, with softer lentils and vegetables retaining some texture. It is served hot with papad and additional ghee; shallots, capsicum, dried coconut and marati moggu are optional in the source.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Cashew, Mustard.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bisi bele bath
Swasthi Shreekanth’s Karnataka-style bisi bele bath with homemade spice powder.
- Red chilliesSeasoning
- Cinnamon pieceSeasoning
- ClovesSeasoning
- Cumin seedsSeasoning
- Urad dalBase
- Chana dalBase
- Fenugreek seedsSeasoning
- Coriander seedsSeasoning
- Marati mogguSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Dried coconutSeasoning · Optional
- RiceBase
- Split pigeon peasBase
- TamarindSeasoning
- JaggerySweetener
- SaltSeasoning
- GheeCooking medium
- CarrotsBase
- Green peasBase
- French beansBase
- ShallotsAromatic · Optional
- CapsicumBase · Optional
- Curry leavesAromatic
- CashewsGarnish
- AsafoetidaSeasoning
- Mustard seedsSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- PapadAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Red chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual110 powder and139 tempering allocations consolidated; tempering59 explicitly dried, powder type unspecified.
- Cinnamon piece: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cumin seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Urad dal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual114 skinned black gram for spice powder, not pigeon-pea substitution.
- Chana dal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fenugreek seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coriander seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Marati moggu (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual118 optional named spice, exact botanical/candidate identity unverified.
- Dried coconut (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual119 optional dried-coconut option selected over poppy seeds, broader coconut candidate.
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Split pigeon peas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual122 toor dal.
- Tamarind: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Jaggery: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ghee: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual126/134/167 dairy ghee in vegetables, tempering and finish; Milk definite.
- Carrots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green peas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- French beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual130 French bean choice over avarekalu, broader green-bean candidate.
- Shallots (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual131 optional shallot choice over cubed onion.
- Capsicum (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual132 optional sweet capsicum, colour/cultivar unprovided.
- Curry leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cashews: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Cashew source-confirmed. Actual136 cashews confirm Cashew.
- Asafoetida: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual137 hing, carrier/full product formula unresolved; no Wheat/other allergen inferred from source hypothetical substitute advice.
- Mustard seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Mustard source-confirmed. Actual138 mustard confirms Mustard.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual149 rice/dal,151 tamarind,157 vegetables and159/182 consistency allocations consolidated.
- Papad: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual167 and61 served papad, full pulse/cereal/oil formula unknown; not forced urad-dal-papad or Wheat absence.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- India
- IndiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Karnataka Cuisine
- Karnataka CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.