Tomato bath recipe – This is an easy one pot rice dish from the udupi region of Karnataka and is usually served in the udupi restaurants. We get to see a variety of tomato bath anywhere prepared with any of the veggies like beetroot, potatoes, green peas, beans and cashews too. This is not an authentic udupi recipe. But it is one of the best tomato bath recipe i got hooked to which was handed over to me by our home cook in Bangalore.
Tomato bath is one of the best options to serve in winters. It can be prepared in less than 30 minutes. It can be packed for your kids lunch box or even for adults along with few sliced carrots or cucumbers.
Tomato bath recipe I am sharing today is very tasty, flavorful, mildly spicy, nutritious and colorful with an addition of veggies. You can use any veggies like beans, carrot, potato, peas etc.
I prefer to use beetroot as well, we love them as they lend a beautiful color. But you cannot smell the beetroot in the rice. This way the rice looks more appealing due to the beetroot color and the potatoes tastes slightly tangy.
You can also check this Tomato rice recipe and Thakkali sadam (tamil style).
For more simple rice recipes, you can check this
Ghee rice recipe
Pulao recipe
Bisi bele bath
Vangi bath
Like vangi bath or bisi bele bath, this recipe does not need any fresh ground spice powder or any garam masala. Only dry spices or whole spices are used in tempering.
Tomato bath can also be served with simple yogurt raita like onion raita, mint raita or even with just plain yogurt.
Tomato bath recipe
Tomato bath
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
Ingredients
- 2 potatoes medium sized (cubed small)
- 8 beans or ¼ cup peas (or both)
- ¼ cup beetroot (cubed small) (optional)
- 1 large onion (thin slices)
- 3 large tomatoes ripe and deseeded
- 1 to 2 green chilies slit (reduce for kids)
- 3 tablespoon coriander leaves chopped
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon pepper corn
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric or haldi
- 3 tablespoon oil or ghee
- Salt to taste
- 1½ cups basmati rice or premium rice (soaked for 30 mins)
- 2½ cups water (adjust to suit your rice variety)
Whole spices for tomato bath
- 1 bay leaf or biryani leaf
- 1 star flower or chakri phool
- 4 green cardamoms or elaichi
- 6 cloves or laung
- 2 to 3 inch cinnamon or dalchini
- 6 pepper corn
- ½ tsp cumin or jeera or caraway seeds (shahi jeera)
How to make the recipe
Preparation for tomato bath
- Wash and soak rice for at least 20 to 30 minutes. Drain and set aside. Cube potatoes and add them to a bowl filled with water. Chop other veggies too. Peel and Cube beetroot. set this aside, slice onions and chop tomatoes.
How to make tomato bath
- Pour oil to a pressure cooker or pot. Saute whole spices and fry till they turn fragrant. Add onions and fry till transparent.
- Next add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off. Add tomatoes, salt and turmeric and fry till they turn mushy.
- Then add pepper powder and red chili powder. Fry for 2 minutes or until the raw smell goes away. Add all the other veggies, fry for another 2 to 4 minutes.
- Pour 2.5 cups water and bring it to a boil. Check salt and add more if needed. Drain off the water from the rice and add it to the boiling water.
- Cook the rice till almost the water evaporates. Simmer the flame, close the lid and cook till rice is fully done.
- If using a pressure cooker,
for basmathi rice- Cook on a medium heat for 1 whistle.
for aged rice and non basmati, let the cooker whistle twice also Pour a bit more of water than mentioned in the recipe. - When the pressure releases, open the lid and fluff up tomato bath with a fork.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
If you are a beginner or new to Indian cooking, I highly suggest you to check the supporting step by step photos for best results. Step by step photos with description available below after the recipe card.
How to make tomato bath recipe
1. Heat a pot or pressure cooker with oil, add the seasoning spices, fry till they begin to sizzle.
2. Add onions and fry till they turn translucent, next add ginger garlic paste, fry till the raw smell disappears.
3. Add tomatoes, turmeric and salt. Fry till the tomatoes turn mushy.
4. Add chili powder and pepper powder. Then saute for 2 to 3 mins.
5. Add potatoes, beetroot or beans, fry for about 2 to 3 minutes. close the lid and cook for 2 mins.
6. Pour water, add salt & coriander leaves. Mix and check the salt. Bring the water to boil. If using normal rice, use little more water accordingly.
7. Add drained rice.
8. Give a good stir.
9. Close the lid pressure cook for 1 whistle on a medium heat. If using normal rice then allow 2 whistles.
10. Open the lid and fluff up the rice. You get a nice color after you mix the rice.
Tomato bath is ready. Serve hot with your favorite raita.
Poornima says
Mam can u please tell how to do easy dishes, within 15 mints, becoz i hav to go colg, so
swasthi says
Hi Poornima
You can try these 20 minutes recipes. For more easy recipes, you can refer this collection of bachelor recipes. The links to both these collections is there on the side bar. Hope this helps.
suryan says
Thanks a lot swathi garu
swasthi says
welcome suryan
Poornima says
Nyc
Anders Svensson says
I made tomato rice for my family on my birthday party. The taste was fantastic. I used some vegetables to make the tomato rice. I used to make tomato rice every time for any occasion.
swasthi says
Thanks Anders
So glad to know you made it many times and it turned out good. Thanks for the feedback
Malin Andersson says
The given tomato rice recipe looks so tasty. I love tomato rice. Every time I eat the tomato rice full stomach when it is made at home. My mom prepared it very tasty and delicious. All my family members also like it.
swasthi says
Hi Malin
Glad to know you all liked it. Thanks for the feedback
Sandeep bajjuri says
Hi swathi,
Just nw i prepair tomato bath for my lunch..
Its awesome dear.. I love ur recipes, i wanna try to make all ur recipes.. Can u post more spicy recipes for me..! Bcz i love cooking.. Spcly ur recipes, i want to suggest ur blog.. I knw one of the recipes its mother maids.. If u intrested i’ll send u…
swasthi says
Thanks Sandeep
Glad to know you like my recipes. Most of them are spicy, you can surf through this post on bachelors recipes. Yes do send your mother’s recipe, would love to try it and share it on the blog as well. Have a good day
K.RADHIKA says
Thank u very much for our wonderful recipe.
swasthi says
welcome Radhika
madhu says
I tried tamoto bath it comes very testy
swasthi says
thank you
Varsha says
Hi I be tried ur tom rice . though I m a beginner it came out well. Good recipe.
swasthi says
Hi Varsha,
glad to know it turned out well
Ramu Kommisetti says
Nice Recipes Swathi garu… thank u for everything u publishing in the blog. Thank u very much.
swasthi says
Welcome Ramu garu,
Glad to know you liked the recipes. Thanks for the feedback
Abinaya says
Suprr recipe
swasthi says
Thank you
Saika says
Hi,
tried this dish to make a change in my moms kitchen because I belOng to kashmir and its really rare to prepare such a dish for my kashmiri family… Thanks tO U
swasthi says
Welcome Saika,
So glad to know you made it. Thanks for the feedback
maha says
briyani superah iruthathu.thanks
swasthi says
Welcome Maha
kalaimathi.k says
I try this one.superb.
swasthi says
Thank you
NAVYA K says
i liked the tamoto rice it is very taste my mummi prepared it very good my friends and family is liked ittt…
swasthi says
Thank you
shruti says
Wow never tasted a tomato rice like this. Simply superb. Thank you
swasthi says
Thanks Shruti
lokesh says
I love u r recipe it is easy and simple to prepare…..
swasthi says
Thank you
swethaNarasimha says
Nice n very easy reciep
Thanks mam…we need more easy recipe in chicken
swasthi says
Hello Swetha,
Iam glad you liked it. check out chicken recipes here. I will post few more shortly.
Thank you
🙂
nikita says
i love cookin..wen evr i cook sumthng ,evrythng cum out well..bt tamoto bath..:'( nt up to d mark..ur recipe helped me alot…thank u so much..
swasthi says
Thanks Nitika, im glad to read your comment.
🙂
Sangeetha says
Perfecto!!! Tried it..
swasthi says
Thanks Sangeetha
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PriyaVaasu says
Looks Delicious!!!!
PT says
Perfect combination of tomato and potato…