The sheer number of dishes we miss out on just because we don’t belong to a particular culture or don’t live in a particular portion of the world is more than you could fathom. Oh, did you think I was talking about foreign cuisines? Absolutely not. I am not talking about the foreign food items whose preparation will be needed to purchase new and unfamiliar items, but about the various dishes in our country. Yes, will you believe if I state that each state in our country has a plethora of indigenous dishes that the members of other states will be mostly unaware of? Yes, and most people discover these dishes only when they start to temporarily or permanently move to other states. I don’t know about you guys, but that is so sad. So, today I will introduce you to tomato bath, a popular dish in Karnataka.
Tomato bath: A glance into it
Well, before diving right into the recipe for tomato bath, first, let’s get introduced to this new dish, shall we? Tomato bath is a tangy, spicy and flavourful dish made with a rice base. This savoury dish has the goodness of not only tomatoes but also coconut, spices and various herbs. This balance of ingredients and flavour is what makes this dish so flavorful. Do you know to which state in India this dish belongs?
Although tomato bath is a very popular dish at most palaces in South India, it is most popular in Karnataka. In Karnataka, bath literally translates to rice, and this dish is, in the simplest terms, a perfect combination of rice with tomatoes. This dish’s magic rests in its perfect balance of flavour. The balance between the tangy, savoury and umami ness with the comfort of a bed of rice. Doesn’t simply thinking about it bring water into your mouth? Then imagine how delighted you will be when you finally taste it. Don’t worry. Even though the tomato bath recipe has a very complex flavour profile, it is comparatively simple. So, why don’t we get to it?
Tomato Bath recipe: Simple and delicious
- One cup of Sona masuri rice
- Two finely chopped tomatoes
- Half finely sliced onions
- Half roughly chopped capsicum
- Three tablespoons of peas
- Three cloves of garlic
- One inch of ginger
- Two tablespoons of grated coconut
- Three dried red chilli
- One teaspoon of fennel
- Two teaspoons of cumin
- One teaspoon of coriander seeds
- One bay leaf
- One inch cinnamon
- Four pods of cardamom
- Half a teaspoon of turmeric
- Half a teaspoon of garam masala
- One teaspoon of salt
- Two tablespoons of ghee
- Two and a quarter cups of water
- Two tablespoons of finely chopped coriander leaves
How to prepare Tomato Bath recipe
- So, first, let’s start with soaking the rice. Take the rice and wash it well until the water runs clear. Now allow the rice to soak in the water for twenty minutes.
- Next, take a small blender and add the coconut, red chillies, garlic, ginger, fennel, cumin and coriander seeds.
- Add a quarter cup of water to this and blend this into a smooth paste.
- Now add the ghee into a cooker and add bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom and cumin.
- Saute the spices in the ghee on low flame until it turns aromatic.
- Now add the onions and saute them until it shrinks slightly.
- Add the tomatoes and saute them until it turns mushy.
- Now, add the freshly ground masala paste and cook it for a few minutes.
- Add the peas, capsicum, turmeric, garam masala and salt. Saute them until the spices turn aromatic.
- Now, add two cups of water to the mixture and get it to a boil.
- Finally, add the soaked rice and coriander leaves and incorporate them well.
- Now, pressure cooks it on medium flame until two whistles.
- Yeah, that’s it. Such an easy and delicious tomato bath recipe, right? Once the pressure subsides, enjoy this delicacy along with raita and chutney.
So, what do you think? Such a healthy, tasty and interesting recipe, right? Well, are you hesitating about preparing this easy tomato bath recipe because you are concerned about your health? Well, don’t worry. A tomato bath is an extremely healthy recipe that can not only satiate you but also improve the health of your skin. Are you wondering how? Well, this amazing tomato bath recipe has the goodness of tomatoes, right? Didn’t you know that consuming tomatoes can help to reduce the cell damage caused due to free radical reaction and also has the goodness of lycopene in it? Well, there is yet another product that has the goodness of lycopene in it, Nutriplus SkinHealth. Well, let me introduce you to it.
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