Indian Tomato Bhath (Tomato Rice)
This is a South Indian recipe for tomato rice (bhath) that I really like. Serve with papadams and yoghurt.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 tablespoon chana dal beans
- 1 teaspoon skinned split black lentils (urad dal)
- 4 dried red chillies
- 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon flaked coconut
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1/4 cup (40g) peanuts
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 large onions, minced
- 3 green chillies, halved lengthwise
- 2 sprigs fresh curry leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida powder
- 3 tomatoes, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 3 cups (500g) cold, cooked white rice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander, for garnish
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:40min
- Make the masala podi (spice mixture) by heating 1 tablespoon oil in a frypan over medium heat; fry the chana dal, urad dal, dried chillies, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds in the hot oil until fragrant and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Grind the mixture with the coconut into a fine powder using a mortar and pestle.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large frypan. Fry the peanuts and mustard seeds in the hot oil until the peanuts begin to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the onions, green chillies, curry leaves, and asafoetida powder to the peanut mixture; cook and stir until the onions are browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the tomatoes, turmeric, sugar and salt into the mixture; continue cooking until the tomatoes are soft, about 10 minutes more. Season with the masala podi. Crumble the rice into the frypan using the back of a spoon to separate the individual grains. Cook and stir until the rice is mixed into the dish and hot, 5 to 7 minutes. Garnish with the coriander to serve.
Asafoetida Powder
Find asafoetida powder in Asian supermarkets.
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This rice was totally amazing. I didn`t have chana dal, so I omited it. This dish was great, one of the best rice recipes I have tried. Thanks, Susmita, for your wonderful Indian recipes. - 18 Mar 2010 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I cheated and used some 'daliya podi' that I had. The podi ingredients scared me because of the chilies.....the kids just would not have eaten it. - 09 Apr 2010 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
The flavors in this were great and we ate every bit! The only thing I had trouble with was the dal. The recipe says to fry them in oil and them grind them. Maybe I didn't get them ground finely enough, but I ended up with hard crunchy bits of the dal in my rice. I did add them in a little earlier to help the mix blend and soften while the tomatoes were cooking, but next time I will add the spice/dal mix immediately so any hard pieces can cook down. I did omit some of the chili spices so my kids would eat it, but I could have eaten them no problem! I substituted some green pepper instead (from my garden) and this was a nice addition. Wonderful aromatic dish and a delightful dinner. - 22 Aug 2012 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
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