1. Peel and chop onions into strips.
2. Wash, peel and cut potatoes into 1" cubes.
3. Add oil and haldi to the dal;Pressure cook rice, dal and vegetables with lots of water (I use 6 cups of water for every cup of rice and toor dal).
4. Make sure that the dal and rice is well cooked.
5. Meanwhile, dry roast red chillies, cinnamon, coriander seeds and cloves until you smell the fresh aroma of masalas.
6. Powder the masala in a blender without adding any water.
7. Add grated coconut and grind the masala to a smooth paste with some water.
8. Mix the masala with the cooked rice-dal-veggie mixture.
9. Heat the mixture on medium flame and bring to boil. Stir regularly.
10. Add tamarind paste,jaggery and salt; Mix well and bring to boil again.
11. For the tadka, heat ghee; add mustard seeds, hing, cashews and curry leaves after the seeds splutter.
12. Mix well with Bisi Bele Bhaat and serve hot with raita/potato chips/mixture!

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