Tomato rice recipe | How to make easy toamto bath | No-grinding tomato rice
By Latha on July 3rd, 2019
Tomato rice recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This tomato rice is very tasty, easy and simple one pot meal recipe. Tomato rice or tomato bath is prepared using rice, tomato, onion, green chili, red chili powder, ginger, coriander powder, garam masala and few other spices.
In this tomato rice or tomato bath recipe, dry spice powders are used. So no need of grinding masala. I have prepared tomato puree by grinding tomato in this tomato rice recipe. However you can skip grinding and use finely chopped tomatoes. You can find 2 more types of tomato rice or tomato bath recipes on this website. The first one is authentic Karnataka style tomato bath and the second one is no-onion, no-garlic tomato bath.
I have used kasuri methi or dried fenugreek leaves in this recipe, which you can replace it with fresh methi leaves and add it while frying onion.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style ricebath recipes, then do check my easy bisi bele bath, corn pulav, lemon rice, ghee rice, pongal, gorikayi rice bath, vangi bath, cabbage rice or cabbage bath, puliyogare and pudina pulao recipes.
Or if you are looking for more Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do visit our breakfast section.
I have made a video on this tomato rice recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 3
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup rice (I used sona masuri)
- 3 - 4 medium sized tomatoes
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 lage onion chopped
- 1 - 2 green chilies
- Few curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder (optional)
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- Small handful of methi leaves or 2 tbsp kasuri methi
- 0.5 - 1 tsp red chili powder (adjust as per your spice level)
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 2 cups water (depends on rice quality)
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making tomato rice:
- Rinse the rice and keep it aside.
- Prepare tomato puree by grinding chopped tomatoes. Grinding is optional, instead you can finely chop the tomatoes.
- Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker. Add in mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Optionally you can add dry spices of your choice.
- Wait until mustard seeds splutter. Add in chopped ginger, slit green chilies and curry leaves. Give a quick stir.
- Followed by add in chopped onions. Fry until onions are soft. If adding methi leaves add it now.
- Add in rinsed rice and saute for a while.
- Next add in tomato puree (or finely chopped tomatoes), turmeric powder and salt. Saute tomato puree for a minute.
- Add in red chili powder, garam masala and coriander powder. Saute for a minute.
- Add in kasuri methi or dried methi leaves. If adding fresh methi leaves, add it while frying the onion.
- Add in water. I had 1 cup of tomato puree and hence I have added 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice. If using basmati rice, just 1 cup of water would be sufficient. However water quantity depends on quality of rice.
- Give a quick mix and bring it to boil. Add in coriander leaves.
- Close the lid and make 2 whistles.
- Once the pressure subsides open the lid.
- Mix gently. Serve it with raita and enjoy.
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