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Vangi Bath Recipe | Brinjal Rice

Published: Nov 6, 2006 · Modified: May 4, 2020

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Vangi bath is a Karnataka special rice dish made with brinjal (egg plant). A special vangi bath masala powder is used to make the vangi bath.

A non onion-garlic recipe, can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

vangi bath served in a steel kadai garnished with

Vangi bath recipe ( or brinjal recipe) is a rice dish quite popular from the state of Karnataka. Vangi translates to brinjal/eggplant/baingan and bath translates to rice.  Its a brinjal rice dish, made with a special masala powder. Vangi bath is a dry rice dish which can be served with raita (mosaru bajji in kannada) and peanuts.

The cuisine of Karnataka has great and unique dishes .Some of the popular dishes from Karnataka are Bisibele Bath, Saaru, Vangi Bath, Khara Bath, Akki Rotti, Ragi mudde and Uppittu. Though these dishes are made in all parts of India, I still  feel these have very unique flavor and taste when eaten in Karnataka.

Among the dishes mentioned above, I make bisebele bath and vangi bath more often. The great thing about making the bisi bele bath and vangi bath is, the pre made spice powder. Having this masala powder handy makes these dishes very simple in making and most of all less time consuming. I generally get the home made masala powder made by my co-sister from India. The vangi bath powder can be easily found in any Indian grocery store.

There are few variations in making the vangi bath. I have added tomato in the recipe which I feel works great in the recipe. Don’t over cook the tomato, cook for 2 to 3 minutes. They need to just get soft, but not mushy. You can also add onion, peanuts and green peas in the recipe.

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 vangi bath is a good lunch box dish, since its mess free. 

Few other rice recipes form the blog – 

Lemon rice with onion and carrot 

Egg rice with brown rice 

Mango rice 

Tomato masala rice

Ven Pongal recipe

vangi bath served in a blue bowl, in the background we have grass and stones.

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vangi bath served in a steel kadai garnished with

Vangi Bath ( Brinjal Rice)

Vangi bath is a Karnataka special rice dish made with brinjal (egg plant). A special vangi bath masala powder is used to make the vangi bath recipe. Its a dry rice dish served with mosaru bajji or raita.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 31 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Madhavi

Ingredients

to make vangi bath masala powder-

  • chana dal- 3 tsp
  • urad dal- 3 tsp
  • fenugreek (methi seeds)- about 4 seeds
  • dry coconut- 3 tsps
  • red chilies- 5 to 6
  • jeera (cumin)- 1 tsp
  • coriander seeds- 1 tsp
  • cloves- 2
  • 1 cardamom
  • cinammon stick- a small piece

to cook rice-

  • 1 cup raw rice
  • 2 cups of water

to make vangi bath-

  • cubed brinjal – about 200 gms

  • Oil- 3 tbsps
  • 2 to 3 tsps vangi bath powder or a store bought vangi bath masala powder
  • few curry leaves

  • 2 tsp lemon juice or tamarind pulp
  • mustard seeds – ½ tsp

  • chana dal – 1 tsp
  • asafatedia – two pinches
  • salt to taste

Instructions

to make vangi bath masala powder-

  • In a a pan heat 1 tea spoon of oil. Add all the masala powder ingredients and fry till light brown.
  • Once the masala mixtture cools, transfer it to a mixer and make powder out of it. 
  • Use the vangi bath powder in the recipe. Rest of the masala can be store in a air tight container for next time

cooking the rice –

  • Rinse the rice two times with water.
  • Add 2 cups of water and cook the rice in rice cooker.
  • After the rice is done, open the lid and let the rice cool slightly.


HOW TO MAKE VANGI BATH:

  • Wash the brinjal and trim the edges and cut the brinjal ½ inch length wise.
  • In a pan heat 2 tbsps of oil and add the mustard seeds. Let the mustard pop.
  • Add the chana dal and curry leaves. Saute for 30 seconds.
  • Add the asafoetida and few curry leaves and saute for few seconds.

  • Add the cubed brinjal, turmeric powder and quarter tea spoon of salt. Mix well and close the lid.
  • Cook till the brinjal is soft, stirring often.

  • After the brinjal is cooked, add the tomato pieces and saute for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add a teaspoon of vangi bath powder and little salt. Mix and cook for another five minutes.
  • Now remove the brinjal mixture from the skillet and put it in a plate.
  • Now in the same skillet add the cooked rice , a tablespoon of oil,  1 tsp of vangi bath powder, necessary salt and lemon juice. Gently mix all the ingredients, with out breaking the rice.
  • Once the spices are well incorporated in the rice, add the brinjal mixture to the rice and mix it well. Taste and re season accordingly.

Notes

  • Its ok to add the oil and vangi bath powder directly to the rice. The hot rice takes away the raw smell from the oil and also warms the spice powder. 
  • adding tomato to vangi bath is totally optional. 
  • add some peanuts for some crunch.
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Comments

  1. lakshmi

    January 29, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    hai dis is lakshmi nice dish plz also provide me non veg receipes

    Reply
  2. LAKSHMI

    December 27, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    hai dis receipe is very easy good taste

    Reply
  3. Adarsha

    December 25, 2011 at 4:36 am

    i tried this today & came out superb….thanks

    Reply
  4. Raji

    August 09, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    I tried it today…. i was very tasty..thanks for the receipe

    Reply
  5. himabindu

    March 03, 2011 at 1:36 am

    hi madhu
    thank u for the recipe,iam just going to try now as long
    back i have prepared this but my children were to young to
    like egg plant now they luv varieties with brinjal.

    Reply
  6. Kanasu

    August 11, 2010 at 7:52 am

    Thanks a lot for the recipe. When I cooked it, it came out really well… Enjoyed it.

    Reply
  7. vidya

    May 17, 2010 at 11:24 am

    this receipe i was looking since long time………..can you please tell me measurement for vangibhat masala in grams instead of spoon?

    Reply
  8. kavitha

    December 26, 2009 at 8:47 am

    hi madhavi,
    i Prepared this , it came so delicious. thanku madhu.

    kavitha

    Reply
  9. srikanth

    November 10, 2009 at 5:23 am

    Hai Madhu,

    It is very dissapointing I could not find bath powder for Bisbelibath

    Reply
  10. deepa

    August 01, 2009 at 9:07 am

    thanks madhu.i was searching for vangi bath recipe.i tried it,my kids and hubby liked it so much,thx once again for ur beautiful also taesty recipe.

    Reply
  11. kavitha

    June 11, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    recipe is great

    Reply
  12. tajneela

    December 14, 2008 at 6:27 am

    very simple, and tasty recipe. a meal by itself.
    thanks

    Reply
  13. gowri

    July 20, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    Hi,
    Your vangi bath loohs great and moutnwatering.

    Reply
  14. aparna

    June 26, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    thanks for the recipe…

    Reply
  15. satish

    June 23, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    Thank you very much

    It is a easy and very taste recipe.

    Reply
  16. rachitha

    June 13, 2008 at 10:05 am

    its a good n easy recipe n that it tastes very good too thanks for posting just a wonderful vangi bath recipe on the net it has helped a lot of people

    Reply
  17. Aparna

    June 02, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Oops almost forgot to ask… if you were to make the bisi bele bhat or vangi bhat powder at home how would you do it? Cos I don’t have any ready made powder at home

    Reply
  18. Aparna

    June 02, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Hey madhu was browsing for vangi bhat recipes and stumbled across your site will definitely give this a try. If I do end up trying can I credit you and put your link in my blog?
    Thanks
    Aparna

    Reply
  19. Sriram

    April 11, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    my mom addes ground nut(fry before the brinjals), fried copra and green peas as well…though these are optional, the recipe comes out really good with these additions.

    Reply
  20. parvathy

    March 03, 2008 at 3:07 am

    thanks a lot for the reciepe….had the home made powder from India..tried it and believe it as gr8…first time i have tried it mind blowing….one more instead of lemon juice, we can add tamrind juice too…..THANKS A LOT

    Reply
  21. Shweta

    February 19, 2008 at 11:41 am

    Thanks for the recipe! Its very easy to make, and tastes awesome.
    A small variation i do to it is add about 1/4th tsp of garam masala powder along with the vangibath powder while frying the brinjal pieces.

    Reply
  22. swaroopa

    February 19, 2008 at 9:42 am

    tried it and it turned out delicious…thanx….

    Reply
  23. sri

    November 16, 2007 at 12:47 am

    Hi Madhavi,
    Vangi Bath looks yummy. Good presentation and nice photograph.Thank you for this recipe.

    Reply
  24. umasays,

    October 29, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    when i was looking for different kinds of rice, i saw your recipe&i tried specified by you,its turned out very good.my husband&friends liked it very much.thanks for your recipe Madhavi.

    Reply
  25. vasundhara

    September 22, 2007 at 12:54 am

    i tried the vangi bath recipe as specified by you and my family members liked it very much. thank you.

    Reply
  26. sujana

    September 05, 2007 at 7:26 am

    hi madhavi, i was looking for vangibath since from a long time, but didn’t get this much simple and nice recipe. thanks for your recipe and it came really nice

    sujana

    Reply
  27. Madhavi

    June 24, 2007 at 2:35 am

    latha,
    yes latha this recipe is quite easy. do try it.

    Madhavi.

    Reply
  28. Latha

    June 23, 2007 at 10:24 am

    Madhu, I read Vanghi Bath,seems to be easy to cook. I am planning to mild changes according to our family taste.

    Reply
  29. Jyothi

    April 19, 2007 at 11:45 pm

    Thanks for the recipe Madhavi. I like vangi bath and this recipe looks quite simple, so I can try this.

    Reply
  30. Priya S&S

    December 13, 2006 at 7:48 pm

    Vangibath looks good Madhavi ! And recipe seems to be very simple.

    Yes priya, the recipe is indeed very simple if you have the pre-made masala powder.Thanks for your compliments.

    Reply
  31. Madhavi

    December 12, 2006 at 5:37 pm

    Thanks every one. This type of vangi bath is very famous in Karnataka. Just fell in love with it after i tasted it for the first time.

    Reply
  32. lakshmi

    December 12, 2006 at 10:20 am

    e recipe naku ishtamu, nice dish, thanks for the recipe friend

    Reply
    • Ravi

      April 30, 2010 at 3:00 am

      Avuna andi..

      Reply
  33. Lakshmik

    December 11, 2006 at 9:43 pm

    Hi Madhu

    Thanks for the recipe. I ate Vangibath long time ago in India. Will make it now again.

    Reply
  34. Asha

    December 11, 2006 at 8:41 am

    Madhu,I am born and raised in K’taka! You don’t know how happy you made me today!:)) I have Vangi bhath in my blog too, but it’s always good to know other recipe pd too.Thank you.

    Reply
  35. siris

    December 10, 2006 at 7:24 pm

    hi madhu
    I was looking for a different flavoured rice to cook and your vangi bath looks really good.
    I will definnitely try this one.Thanks for the receipe

    Reply

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