Vegetable Bath - Rice Bath Recipe
Vegetable Bath is a spicy and tasty rice dish cooked with assorted vegetables , fresh coconut and spices . It's popular in Karnataka , South India.
Servings 6 people
Calories 263kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice , any old age rice
- 2 no's Medium size onion
- 1 no Large Carrot or ⅓ cup carrots diced
- 12-15 no's French green beans or ⅓ cup beans chopped
- ⅔ cup Cabbage
- ½ cup fresh or frozen green peas
- 1 cup fresh fenugreek leaves ,optional
- 1 no large tomato chopped , optional
- 2 tablespoon Chopped mint leaves
- 2 Tbsp Coriander leaves
- 1.5 - 2 teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 2 tablespoon Ghee/ clarified butter
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- 2 teaspoon Salt or as required
- 3.5 cups Hot water , see notes
For Blending Masala
- ½ cup fresh coconut , see notes
- ⅓ cup coriander leaves
- 2 inch ginger
- 12-15 garlic cloves , medium size
- ½ teaspoon jeera/ cumin seeds
- 2 no green cardamom
- ½ tsp saunf / fennel seeds
- 4 no cloves
- 1 ½ inch cinnamon stick
- 6-8 no green chilli , less spice variant
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
Instructions
- Rinse and wash 2 cups of rice , soak it in water for 20- 30 minutes.
- Whilst cut vegetables and blend masala
- For masala paste , add fresh grate coconut ½ cup , 4 cloves , 1 inch cinnamon stick , coriander leaves , turmeric powder , ginger ,garlic , green cardamom , green chillies , cumin seeds and saunf . Blend to a coarse paste by adding 2-3 tablespoon of water.
- Heat 1 tablespoon ghee/ clarified butter and 3 tablespoon oil in a pressure pan or any deep pan/pot . Add 2 tablespoon chopped mint leaves .
- Now add chopped onions and fry till it turns translucent.
- Add in 1 cup of chopped methi leaves and saute till it wilts.
- Add blended masala paste and mix well . Allow it to cook on medium heat for 5-8 minutes .
- Cook masala well till you get nice aroma and oil starts to release from the corners.
- Add in fresh green peas ( or overnight soaked dry green peas) and mix well.
- Now add all roughly chopped vegetables and mix well.
- Add 1 chopped tomato and mix well. Also add ½ teaspoon salt
- Drain soaked rice and add in to the vegetables , stir well and continue to cook for 4-5 minutes .
- Now add hot water and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Add 1.5 teaspoon , allow pressure to settle down on its own. If you cooking in an open pot , close the lid and cook till done.
- Open the lid , add chopped coriander leaves , lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of ghee , mix well.
- Serve hot with cucumber raita or any other raita of your choice.
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Notes
- If fresh coconut is not available then you can soak dry coconut soak in warm milk or water for 30 minutes and use.
- Or else you can even use , coconut milk . ½-3/4 cup of coconut milk can be used. Add coconut milk after , rice is added and before water .
- If using coconut milk then adjust the amount of water accordingly to cook rice.
- As pressure cooker is used here for cooking rice , 3.5 cups of water is sufficient. As masala and vegetables also has water content.
- You can also reduce the amount of green chillies to 4 and add ½ teaspoon of red chilli powder and ½ teaspoon of coriander powder ,while blending the masala.
Nutrition
Calories: 263kcal