Tomato Bath is a tasty, saucy rice meal made by cooking rice with tomatos, spices and onions. Tomato Biriyani as I call the Tomato bath is a Karnataka / Udupi cuisine very useful for packaged meal to office and school. How to make tomato bath is posted in this recipe with step by step pictures.
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The first time I tried this rice I felt the taste was close to tomato biriyani with more flavours and the next time I modified the recipe to suit our taste and now this has become regular in our monthly menu. Here is my version of tomato bath or tomato biriyani as I call it
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Tomato Bath
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice (I used basmati rice)
- 3 big sized tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 medium sized big onion chopped lengthwise
To grind to a smooth paste:
- 1/4 cup coconut grated
- 5 pearls shallots / small onions
- 1/4 inch piece cinnamon
- 1 clove
- 2 green chillies
To temper:
- 1.5 tablespoon oil / ghee
- 1/4 teaspoon mustard
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- Pressure cook rice with 1:1.5 ratio with rice grains separated. Fluff it once with a fork and set aside to cool.
- Chop the tomatoes and grind it to a fine paste and keep aside.Grind the ingredients under ‘to grind and keep it ready.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves allow it to crackle. Then add ginger garlic paste, onions and fry till slightly browned.
- Next add the tomato paste and fry till oil separates and raw smell is completely nil. It will take around 7-10mins. Add required salt and give a quick stir.
- Now add the ground paste and cook in low flame until nice aroma comes. Mix well and cook in low flame until the curry thickens to thokku form it may take 5mins. Switch off and allow it to cool down.
- Add the rice and mix well without breaking the rice. Serve Tomato Bath with onion raita or chips.
Notes
- You can garnish with chopped coriander leaves at the final stage.
- You can add chopped tomatoes too as in the original recipe. This tastes apt like biriyani when accompanied with onion raita.
Method
- Pressure cook rice with 1:1.5 ratio with rice grains separated. Fluff it once with a fork and set aside to cool.
- Chop the tomatoes and grind it to a fine paste and keep aside.Grind the ingredients under ‘to grind and keep it ready.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves allow it to crackle. Then add ginger garlic paste, onions and fry till slightly browned. Next add the tomato paste and fry till oil separates and raw smell is completely nil. It will take around 7-10mins.Add required salt and give a quick stir.
- Now add the ground paste and cook in low flame until nice aroma comes. Mix well and cook in low flame until the curry thickens to thokku form it may take 5mins. Switch off and allow it to cool down.
- Add the rice and mix well without breaking the rice. Serve with onion raita or chips.
Notes
- You can garnish with chopped coriander leaves at the final stage.
- You can add chopped tomatoes too as in the orginal recipe.
- This tastes apt like biriyani when accompanied with onion raita.
Variety rices are always handy…I have my copy of Mallika Badrinaths 100 rice varieties now so am waiting to try one by one from the book and sure to post it here.
Kalyani's Platter
Rice looks inviting and delicious with wonderful clicks …
Cilantro
Congrats!
I make a similar version with some mint and cilantro. Looks yummy.
Swapna Raghu Sanand
Congrats, I am very happy for you, and look forward to this blog becoming more popular each day. Keep blogging these delicious recipes!
sangee vijay
wow..Congrats Sharmi…5lakh hits ah…super …rice looks so inviting n wonderful preparation…superb clicks !!
Swathi
Congrats, Tomato biriyani looks delicious, my friend is used to make it often.
Neetz
Such a wonderful recipe so simple to make! awesome presentation!
Muskaan at A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine
Congrats Sharmi..way to go…lovely tomato rice and beautiful pictures..
Nitha
Keep rocking dear..
The tomato bath looks yumm..
Alpana
Awesom clicks……am sure the rice is delicious .
Pavithra
Looks awesome Sharmi and I love tomato biriyani. Hey congrats on ur hit..I am really very happy for you and wishing u many more hits in near future.
Alpana
V nice clicks …….the dish looks awesome.
Manju
Congratulations!! and that tomato rice really looks delicious!
Mahimaa's kitchen
looks yum. this is a new method. will try.
Ramya
first time in your blog…lovely one with awesome pics..Following you..
Torviewtoronto
delicious rice flavour and presentation
divya
wow..Congrats Sharmi…5lakh hits ……rice looks so inviting n wonderful preparation…superb clicks !!
Suja
Congrats dear..love your blog
Rice looks so tempting..yum
Laavanya
This reminds me of my mom's thakkali saadham.. must try you method sometime.
Nalini's Kitchen
congrats,tomato biriyani looks delicious.
RAKS KITCHEN
Congrats on the hits 🙂 And thanks for those lovely words about me…hehe
Ur tomato bath looks good, rice has been cooked so perfectly!
The Mad Jammer
Congratulations! Beautiful red 🙂
Rekha shoban
adding coconut is really interesting…will try with coconut…yummy rice!
Premalatha Aravindhan
Congrats on ur hit Sharmi,delicious bath and lovely clicks…
Balakrishna Saraswathy
Congrate my dear..the tomato bath looks tooo deliciously yum,myoo:)
Kadhyaa
the tomato bath looks just perfect and yummy..love the masala here
Anu
Congrats…tomato bath looks yummy and delicious..
Rumana Rawat
Simply superb:)
Priti
Congrats …wish you many more milestone ….bath looks yum …I love this
Shireen Sequeira
Slurp! Looks delicious, bookmarked for sure as I've never tasted Tomato bath before 🙂 Congrats on your milestone & wish you many more!!
Vijitha
Awesome! Calls for a treat Sharmi
Chandrani
Tomato Bath looks yummy and tasty…
Paaka Shaale
Congrats on your milestone Sharmi. The rice looks fabulous 🙂
Shobha Kamath
Tomato Bhath looks good! I make a slightly different version. I love it!
Tina
beautiful clicks and rice dear..tempting.
priya ravi
congrats sharmi and best wishes 🙂 Tomato biryani looks very inviting..
Priya
Congrats Sharmi, wonderful milestone, rice looks flavourful and delicious..
TheYummyMorsel
Looks flavorful! I make something very similar except I don't add coconut. Will try it next time.
Prathima Rao
Congrats Sharmi!! And this pulav looks soooo….good & aromatic!! CAnt wait to try it out..!!!
Prathima Rao
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Prathibha
This is one of my fav rice items…MB book is very nice,tried lot of recipes from that book…chk my blog I have tagged u in that 7 links game
Sudha Sabarish
Congrats Sharmi for the hits.
Ur tomato bath is too good and pics are really nice
julie
Yummy biriyani..love the colour n texture the way rice looks..
You have a lovely space,glad to meet u 🙂
Hope u'll visit my space too
Tasty Treat
jeyashrisuresh
Very flavourful biryani with tomato. Nice write up. Congrats on ur growthfantastic clicks
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really gud yumyyyyyyyyyyyyy
hema
you mentioned tomato in the ingredients. but you used tomato paste in the coking metho. whether i have to paste it or not?
hema
what should i use? chopped tomato or tomato paste?
Sharmilee! :)
@Hema : The orginal recipe used chopped tomatoes…But I pureed it and so have mentioned tomato paste….Please read the 2nd step. You can use either of these…as per your preference.
Deepa Kaliraj
Really super sharmi