Tomato bath recipe
Tomato bath is a flavorful version of tomato rice prepared in Karnataka. Let's see how to make it at home easily with step by step photos.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice cook & cool down
- 4 Tomato
- 2 Onion
- 1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
- 2 sprig Curry leaves
- 1.5 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- salt As needed
- 2 tablespoon Ghee or sesame oil
To grind to smooth paste
- ¼ cup Coconut grated
- 8 Small onion
- 1 Cinnamon ½ inch, small piece
- 1 Cardamom
- 1 Cloves
- 5 Green chillies
To temper
- 1 tablespoon Oil1 tbsp
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- ½ teaspoon Urad dal Ulutham paruppu
- 1 teaspoon Chana dal Kadala paruppu
Instructions
- Pressure cook rice and cool down to make sure that the rice grains are separate. I cooked rice in 1: 1 & ¼ ratio with water, up to 3 whistles.
- Chop tomato finely and slice onions length wise.
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil and add the tempering items given in order.
- Then add the onions and fry till transparent and add the ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes off.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and add enough salt that is required for the rice and cook in slow flame, till it becomes mushy. (6-8 min)
- Grind the ingredients under the To Grind table with little water and add it to the cooking tomatoes and mix well.¼ cup Coconut, 8 Small onion, 1 Cinnamon, 1 Cardamom, 5 Green chillies, 1 Cloves
- Add some oil or ghee to make it cook easy.
- Cook in low flame till you get a nice aroma.
- Mix this to the cooked cooled rice carefully and add the chopped coriander leaves if desired.
Notes
- Give at least 5 minutes standing time after you mix the gravy with rice .