Quinoa Bisibelebath - Pressure Cooker
Quinoa Bisi bele bath Pressure Cooker recipe is a healthy, delicious one pot meal made with quinoa, lentils and mixed vegetables
Servings 3
Calories 584kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Measuring cup used 1 cup = 250 ml
- 1 cup quinoa rinsed
- ½ cup toor dal/split pigeon peas
- 2 tablespoon oil or ghee
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 stalk curry leaves
- a pinch hing (asafetida)
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste (optional)
- 1 medium onion thinly sliced
- 2.5 cups mixed vegetables (carrot, beans, peas, potato and bell pepper)
- 2 tablespoon tamarind extract (extracted by soaking lemon sized tamarind)
- 2-3 tablespoon bisibelebath powder (I used MTR brand)
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder(haldi)
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon jaggery optional
- salt to taste
- 4 cups water
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves (cilantro)
Additional Tempering: (Optional)
- 1 tablespoon ghee or oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- few cashew-nuts
- 2-3 red dry chilles
- few curry leaves
- a pinch hing (asafetida)
Instructions
Instant Pot Method:
- Firstly, chop all the vegetables and onion. Keep aside.
- Meanwhile, soak the tamarind in warm water for 15 minutes. Extract pulp and keep aside.
- Press SAUTE on Instant Pot. Add ghee or oil and once it's hot, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida, and let it splutter.
- Next, add onions, ginger-garlic paste. Saute for 2-3 minutes until they turn soft and light brown – stir regularly.
- Add mix vegetables and cook for a minute.
- Furthermore, add Bisi bele bath powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, tamarind extract, jaggery, salt. Mix well and keep stirring; else, the mixture may get burnt.
- Next, add washed toor dal (lentils), quinoa, water, and give a stir.
- Close the Instant Pot with pressure valve to Sealing. Cook on High Pressure for 8 minutes.Once the pot beeps, Do a NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE (NPR).
- After that, remove the lid and garnish with coriander leaves. Mix well. I like my quinoa Bisi bele bath to be mushy and liquid consistency.
- So, Turn on the SAUTE mode again, add 1 cup of water (depending on your preference). Boil for 2-3 minutes. Quinoa Bisibelebath is ready. Add extra tempering (tadka) again, and it's completely optional.
- Lastly, Serve instant pot pressure cooker quinoa bisi bele bath/bisibelebath recipe hot with Kara bhoondi, pickle, raita, or papad.
Indian Stovetop Pressure Cooker Method
- Chop all the vegetables and onion. Keep aside. Meanwhile, soak tamarind in warm water for 15 minutes. Extract pulp and keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker pan, once hot add mustard seeds, curry leaves, asafetida & let it splutter.
- Add onions, ginger-garlic paste, Saute for 2-3 minutes until they turn soft and light brown in color – stir regularly. Add mix vegetables and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
- Then add washed toor dal (lentils), quinoa, water, salt, and give a stir. Close the lid.
- Pressure cook for 4 whistles in low medium flame. Once pressure has naturally released add Bisi bele bath powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, tamarind juice, jaggery, and adjust the consistency by adding extra water and boil for 5 minutes.
- For Tempering: Add ghee in a tadka pan add mustard seeds curry leaves, hing, red chilies let it splutter. Add peanuts or cashews fry until browned. Add the tadka to quinoa Bisi bele bath and mix well.
- Serve hot with Kara bhoondi, pickle, raita, or papad.
Notes
Variations and Substitutes
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- You can use vegetables of your choice like Drumstick, Brinjal (eggplant), Sweet potato, pearl onions, pumpkin, and squash to make this quinoa Bisi bele bath recipe.
- If tamarind is not available you can replace it with 1 tomato or juice of 1 lemon.
- Add an extra ½ to 1 cup of water for a more khichdi-like consistency.
- If you don’t have bisi bele bath powder you can replace it with 2 tablespoons of sambhar powder and 1 tablespoon of vangibath powder. These powders are easily available in Indian grocery stores. Or replace it with Curry Powder.
- You can also increase the quality of lentils (dal) from ½ to ¾ cup for 1 cup of quinoa to make it more healthy.
- Instead of using ghee for tempering, you can use oil, vegans can avoid ghee.
- Substitute quinoa with millets and pressure cooking time remains the same.
- Substitute quinoa with brown rice and increase pressure cook time to 20-22 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 584kcal | Carbohydrates: 87g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 892mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 8240IU | Vitamin C: 76mg | Calcium: 118mg | Iron: 6mg