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.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 cup Rice (cook & cool down)
• 4 Tomato
• 2 Onion
• 2 tsp Crushed ginger garlic (See note 1)
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder (Kashmiri / mild version)
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/4 cup Coriander leaves (chopped)
• Salt
• 2 tbsp Ghee (or sesame oil)
• 1/4 cup Coconut (grated)
• 8 Small onion
• 1 Cinnamon (1/2 inch, small piece)
• 1 Cardamom
• 1 Cloves
• 5 Green chillies (Mild spiced)
• 1 tbsp Oil1 tbsp
• 1/2 tsp Mustard
• 1/2 tsp Urad dal (Ulutham paruppu)
• 1 tsp Chana dal (Kadala paruppu)
• 1 sprig Curry leaves (Optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Pressure cook rice and cool down to make sure that the rice grains are separate. I cooked rice in 1: 1 & 1/4 ratio with water, up to 3 whistles.
2. 2Chop tomato finely and slice onions length wise.
3. 3Grind the ingredients under the To Grind table - coconut, small onion, with little water, keep aside.
4. 4Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil and add the tempering items given in order.
5. 5Then add the onions and fry till soft.
6. 6Add the chopped tomatoes, red chilli powder, turmeric and enough salt that is required for the rice and cook in medium flame, till it becomes mushy.
7. 7Add crushed ginger garlic, ground coconut mixture and mix well.
8. 8Add some oil or ghee to cook easily without getting burnt or stuck.
9. 9Cook in medium flame till raw smell goes away and becomes shiny/ non sticky.
10. 10Mix this to the cooked cooled rice carefully and add the chopped coriander leaves if desired.