Vegetable Bath
Ingredients
For masala paste
Instructions
Prep
  1. Chop one Onion & Tomato Roughly, keep it aside (this is for masala paste)
  2. Rinse & cut vegetables.
  3. Wash & soak Basmati rice in 1.5 cup water for 30 min.
  4. Cut onion lengthwise & tomato to small pieces set aside for bath preparation.
  5. Wash & cut methi (fenugreek) leaves.
Masala paste
  1. Heat oil in kadai, sauté onion & green chills till onions are light brown.
  2. Grind Sautéed onion green chillies along with all other ingredients listed under masala paste ingredients list to smooth paste.
Vegetable bath
  1. Heat oil in kadai, add mustard, once they splutter, add curry leaves.
  2. Add onions & sauté until its golden brown & then goes the Ginger garlic paste. Sauté until intense smell of ginger garlic paste is gone.
  3. Add chopped methi (fenugreek) leaves & sauté till it wilt or stir it for 1 minute.
  4. Add tomato & cook until its soft.
  5. Add chopped vegetables & sauté for 2 minutes.
  6. Pour the grind masala paste & sauté for another 2 minutes.
  7. Add water (approx. 1.5 cup) which was used to soak basmati rice, wait until it comes to boil and add salt as required.
  8. Rice needs to be added now and close the kadai with lid, let it cook in low flame for 15 min.
  9. After 15 min let it cool for 10 min and mix gently.
  10. Serve with Onion Tomato Raita.