Bisi Bele Huliyanna (sambar bhath)

Ingredients	For 4	For 100
Split red gram	250gms	5.56kg
Rice	500gms	11kg
Tamarind	15kg	340gms
Coriander seeds	30gms	750gms
Red chillies	15 – 20gms	340 – 500gms
Split Bengal gram	5gms	115gms
Split black gram	5gms	115gms
Fenugreek	a pinch	20gms
Asafoetida	a pinch	20gms
Coconut (grated)	½	12
Salt	to taste	80 – 100gms
Mustard seeds	a pinch	15gms
Curry leaves	1 spring	1 bunch
Cashew nuts	50gms	1 kg
Garam masala	5gms	115gms
Fat for frying	15gms	225gms
Coriander leaves	a spring	1 bunch

Cook red gram till very soft. Soak tamarind and extract juice. Fry spices, coconut and other gram in a little fat and grind to a soft paste. Add the spices, gram masala, curry leaves and washed rice to cooked garam. Add salt. Add sufficient hot water to cook mixture by absorption method. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and fried cashewnuts. Serve hot with clarified butter.