Tomato Bath

Tomato bath is nothing but our usual upma with a lot of tomatoes and rava. It makes great combo with coconut chutney / peanuts chutney.

Tomato Bath

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Upma rava - 1 cup
• Water - 3 & 1/4 cup (use rava measured cup)
• Tomatoes - 3 (medium size)
• Onion - 1 (medium size)
• Green chilli - 4
• Ginger - small piece
• Curry leaf - as required
• Oil / ghee - 8tspn
• Mustard seeds - 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal - 1/2tspn
• Channa dhal - 1tspn
• Fennel seeds - 1/4tspn
• Cloves - 3
• Cinnamom - small inch
• Kaju - 5
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Salt - 1tspn

The following picture shows the step by step process for Tomato Bath:

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Method:

1. Take a pan heat 2 tspn of ghee in medium flame and roast 1 cup of rava until golden brown.(figure 1)
2. Take a pan heat remaining ghee add mustard seeds and wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, Channa dhal, kaju, green chilies, ginger, curry leafs and continue sauteing for 3 more seconds. (figure 2)
3. Add onion, salt and saute until onion become soft. (figure 3)
4. Add tomatoes, turmeric powder and saute until tomatoes become soft. (figure 4)
5. Add 3 & 1/4 cup of water and close with lid and cook for 5 minutes or until bubbles come. (figure 5 & 6)
6. Next add rava and mix continuously and close with lid & cook for 3 - 5 minutes. (figure 7 &  8)
7. Open the lid and cook for other 2 seconds & serve in a bowl. (figure 9)

Yummy Tomato Bath is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• Roast the rava in golden brown.
• In step 6, cook the upma for at least 5 minutes.