MTR Bisibele Bath Masala 100g

A Jayanagar darshini at noon: bisi bele bath, a steel plate, khara boondi on top.

• What: Spice blend for bisi bele bath
• Pack: 100 g
• Brand: MTR, Bengaluru, roots going back to 1924
• Best for: Karnataka's one-pot rice, dal and vegetables

What it is

MTR traces its roots to the Mavalli Tiffin Room, which Yagnanarayana Maiya opened in Bengaluru in 1924. The restaurant is widely credited with inventing rava idli during a rice shortage in the Second World War, and MTR Foods, still based in Bengaluru, makes masalas like this one.

Bisi bele bath means hot lentil rice: rice, toor dal, vegetables and tamarind cooked into one thick, spiced pot. This masala is coriander, urad dal, red chilli, cumin, cassia, fenugreek and cloves, the spices that give the dish its colour and smell. Choosing between MTR and 777 masalas? Bisi bele bath masala for the Karnataka one-pot; MTR sambar powder for everyday sambar; 777 Madras rasam powder for rasam.

Tip: Keep it looser than you want. Bisi bele bath thickens as it stands, so stir in hot water just before serving.

Goes well with: Udhaiyam Toor Dal, Heera Tamarind, Amul Ghee

Coriander, black gram dal, red chilli, cumin, cassia, fenugreek and cloves.

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