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    1. No, this recipe needs raw rice. The tomato-coconut masala has a thick liquid consistency that gets absorbed while cooking the rice. Using cooked rice won’t work well here.

  1. I tried the recipe unfortunately it dint came out well. There was too strong essence of coconut. Can you please advise where I screwed up 🙁4 stars

  2. Hi, i hv juzt tried this recipe. Nymannnn~~~ which means delicious. Hehehe.. i love the rich flavour to the rice.. coconut.. tomatoes.. cumin.. gee..definetly i will cook this again!!! It’s great to eat it by itself or u can eat it with ur other dish.. thanks for the recipe. My family loved it!4 stars

  3. Hi,

    My MIL came home.Made loads of chicken n fish. So not cooking these days. But as u said, my fridge is loaded with tomatoes. So thought of making this yummy recipe. Only concern is i hope the combo of chicken/fish with this tomato rice goes well without affecting our digestive system. Any clue??

    Thanks,
    Teena

  4. Thank you so much. This is the closest to how my mother cooks tomato bhat! Most other recipes on the internet use chopped tomatoes which is not how tomato bhat is made in our home. Tomato is ground into a smooth paste with freshly scraped coconut and other spices. However one difference with your recipe is, we add red chilli powder while frying the tomato/coconut mixture which gives an awesome red colour once done. Also we add green peas while cooking the rice and skip the capsicum.

    The reason why we keep checking the rice from sticking to the bottom is the coconut added in the spice paste. And our tomato bhat is not that mushy.4 stars

    1. thanks for letting us know about the way tomato rice was made in your home. even i have seen a lot of recipes on the web and they use chopped tomatoes. but i think there are many variations and versions in a single recipe. it also depends on the home chef and what he or she prefers or likes. but to be honest, at home we prefer tomato rice this way. i made the rice mushy when i added the recipe. but at times i don’t make it mushy. adding red chili powder and green peas is a good suggestion. i will try next time.

  5. hai…. I tried this… It is too good to hav……… Thanks for my today’s supper…..

  6. Dear Dassana,

    I tried this version of tomato rice today and it turned out very good. It’s the first time I’m having tomato rice with ground coconut. Sometimes I make a slightly different version, with coconut milk added, like about 1/3rd of total amount of water required. Since coconut is ground and added to your version, it gives a nice, a bit coarse texture after cooking and I loved it.

    Would be keep trying your recipes.

    Take care and keep going great

    🙂

    1. thanks anu. the ground coconut makes a lot of difference. i have also made varieties of rice with coconut milk and they taste totally different. sure do try more of the recipes.

  7. Hi Dassana,

    I tried this recipe of yours and must say it came out brilliant. I had made it for my family potluck party, and it had everyone licking their fingers :p..I was showered with compliments and the best one came from my younger brother who told me that it tasted even better than how our mom makes it!!!

    Thanks,much for sharing this wonderful recipe 🙂

  8. Ever since i chanced upon your blog while looking for moong vada recipe i seem to have got addicted to it. simply love the pics….so colourful and vibrant. It definitely involves a lot of hardwork and planning to take pics at every stage & that too so perfectly. Had I been in your palce I would have got really worked up trying to multi task …cook… take pics …remem the recipe…post it on the blog….etc etc Your blog reflects how systematic and organised you are and yet there seems to be some kind of subtle humility in the way you write. guess it’s part of your personality. Wish I could be as systematic and organised and yet be calm and composed. I have just moved to mumbai because of hubby’s job trnsfr and with 2 kids, new schools, lack of friends, adjustments to new place, all the mold that is growing indoors becoz of the humidity etc…etc.. life seems to be too rushed. I visit your site when I badly need a break. Anyway let me not bore you anymore..all I wanted to do is wish you all the best for continued success with your amazing blog (now a days blogosphere is overcrowded with food blogs but very few actually stand out and my vote goes definitely to YOU !!!) It would be great if you can also share some tips with all your readers for maintaining composure and taking time out for oneself in the midst of a busy busy life with deadlines to meet and bills to pay …maybe you can add another tab in your blog and call it self improvement or something like that …sounds boring I know but then you are the creative one… I can only suggest….Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing all the wonderful recipes. Got to go back to cleaning the mold now …mystical mumbai but moldy too..no offence I am just cribbing …

    1. life is a rush in mumbai. i have been born and brought up in mumbai and i know how it is from my experience.

      sometimes i feel good that i do not stay in mumbai anymore. everything is crowded, there is rush everywhere, people are so time conscious, etc etc.

      and the mould problem :-)…. we have it in goa too…. in fact much worse than mumbai…. a tip for you to get rid of it…

      in the hardware shop, you get furniture wax, just apply the wax with a brush on the furniture and you won’t have the mould problem. that’s what we have done.

      and also a heart felt thanks for your positive and straight from the heart comments. i really appreciate it.

      i have made by blog into a multi site…. though have not put the tabs… as i did not have the time to write about self improvement and maintaining self composure or being organized. but the section has already been made a few months ago but with no content in it.

      so in a few days i will start to write about it in along with another section dedicated to photography.

      hopefully i have some free time with me now… if no other projects come underway..

  9. hi,
    nice recipe, its somewhat different from my way, surely will try.
    i have a question in your home made butter recipe, pls help, where i went wrong.
    on seeing ur recipe i thought i can enjoy home made butter, but went wrong, my smooth whipped cream did not turn into butter, i used mixie. (i used the cream collected at home and kept in freezer).

      1. Can we keep it for two days and eat? Would it be good if we keep it in the fridge and eat for a couple of days?

          1. Hi, if I am making just one cup of rice, do I half everything?

            I get a bit confused with the water for the rice…would it be 1/8 of a cup of water instead of 1/4?

            Thanks

          2. yes, halve everything. you will add water when making the coconut paste. so depending on the amount of water added to the paste, you can then decide how much water to add for the rice. if you get 2 cups of paste for 1 cup of rice, then skip adding water. if not and you get 1 cup paste, then add 1 cup water.