Brinjal Bath
One-pot brinjal rice with roasted peanut-spice paste. Raichur comfort food combining Telugu vangi bath influences with local groundnut masala.
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Main
- Tamarind Paste — 1 tbsp (whole)
- rice — 240 g (whole)
- coriander powder — 1 tsp (ground)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Vangi Bath Powder — 2 tbsp (ground)
- Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- Brinjal — 250 g (chopped)
- Peanuts — 50 g (whole)
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)
Tempering
- North Karnataka Cold-Pressed Groundnut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
- Mustard Seeds (Black) — 0.5 tsp (whole)
- Curry Leaves — 1 sprig (whole)
Method
- Cook rice so the grains stay separate, spread out and cool. Soak a small ball of tamarind and extract pulp.
- Dry roast and grind the vangi bath spices (with the peanuts) into a fragrant masala powder.
- Heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves and a tempering, then add the cut brinjal.
- Add turmeric, tamarind pulp and the vangi bath powder; cook to a thick semi-dry brinjal masala.
- Gently fold in the cooked rice and salt until evenly coated. Garnish with coriander and serve warm.
Common questions
- What is ರಾಯಚೂರ ಬೈಂಗನ ಬಾಥ in English?
- ರಾಯಚೂರ ಬೈಂಗನ ಬಾಥ is written Brinjal Bath in English.
- How many calories in one plate of Brinjal Bath?
- 396 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.