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[Rhea Thomas]

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2cups rice
1 cup toor daal
Mixed vegetables[100gms each cut in cubes]
Potatoes,carrots,pearl onions,beans,squash
thick Tamarind pulp
1 tbsp Sambaar powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
(GRIND)
1 tsp Sesame seeds
1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Dhania
few black pepper
fresh coconut-less than half a shell.
dry red chillies

DIRECTIONS:
1)Pressure cook daal and keep aside.
2) After grinding take a thick bottomed vessel and add ghee (generously) and
fry the paste nicely until you get a good aroma, but keep stirring.
Then add the mixed vegetables, tamarind pulp, dry ingredients
(sambaar powder,chilli and turmeric powder,salt)
3) Now add the washed rice, the cooked daal and also add the required amount
of water for cooking (for this quantity 5-6 cups of water should be sufficient)
4) After the baath has been cooked (it should be in a semi solid consisitency,
so if more water is required go ahead and add it) remove it from heat and
serve hot with pappads.