Bissi Bele Hulli Anna [Hot tamarind-dhal rice, a karnataka special]

1 cup rice-picked and washed
1 cup arhar ki daal-picked and washed
1 tsp dal chini-broken roughly
1 cup dry coconut-grated
1 tsp sabut kali mirch
1 tbsp channa daal
1 tsp sabut dhania
2 whole red chillies
1 cup onions-chopped
6 tbsp tamarind pulp
1 tbsp salt or to taste,
1 tbsp jaggery 1 cup mixed vegetables-chopped, boiled and drained
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
12-15 curry leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds

Fry the dal chini, dry cocunut, sabut kali mirch in a tablespoon of oil. Grind the dal chini, sookha nariyal, sabut kali mirch, channa daal, sabut dhania, red chillies and the onions into a paste.

Cook rice and daal together to a soft and wet consistency—like a soft khichdee.