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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 recipe. Its a dry rice dish served with mosaru bajji or raita.
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
Making the Vangi bath masala powder –
- chana dal- 3 tsp
- urad dal- 3 tsp
- fenugreek (methi seeds)- about 4 seeds
- dry coconut- 3 tsps
- red chillies- 5 to 6
- jeera (cumin)- 1 tsp
- coriander seeds- 1 tsp
- cloves- 2
- cardamom- 1
- cinammon stick- a small piece
fry all the above ingredients in 1 tsp oil. Once it cools, transfer to a mixer and make powder out of it. Add 2 tsps of this mixtue for the vangi bath and store the rest of the vangi bath powder for later use.
How to make Vangi bath recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup uncooked rice
- cubed Brinjal – about 200 gms
- 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
- Oil- 3 tbsps
- mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- asafatedia – two pinches
- chana dal – 1 tsp
- salt to taste
Procedure:
Cooking the rice for vangi bath :
Gently rinse the rice twice with water.
If using sona masoori rice, soak the washed rice in water for 15 minutes.
Add 2 cups of water and cook the rice till done.
Do not over cook the rice. If not the vangi bath will turn mushy.
After the rice is done, open the lid and let the rice cool slightly.
Ho to make Vangi bath:
Cut the brinjals 1/2 inch length wise. For reference see the picture below.
Ina pan, add 2 tbsps of oil. When the oil gets hot, add the mustard seeds. Let the mustard pop.
Add the chana dal and curry leaves. Saute for 30 seconds.
Add the asafateia 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.
Add the tomato pieces and saute for two minutes.
Add a teaspoon of vangi bath powder and little salt. Mix and cook for another five minutes. Set a side.
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 ( or little more) ,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.
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 cooks the spice powder.
Cooked brinjal
Mixing oil, vangi bath powder, lemon juice and salt to the rice
Sides to serve with Vangi bath
Cucumber Raita
Kesari bath in Pressure Cooker
kesari bath recipe
lakshmi says
January 29, 2012 at 10:15 pmhai dis is lakshmi nice dish plz also provide me non veg receipes
LAKSHMI says
December 27, 2011 at 11:31 pmhai dis receipe is very easy good taste
Adarsha says
December 25, 2011 at 4:36 ami tried this today & came out superb….thanks
Raji says
August 9, 2011 at 10:48 pmI tried it today…. i was very tasty..thanks for the receipe
himabindu says
March 3, 2011 at 1:36 amhi 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.
Kanasu says
August 11, 2010 at 7:52 amThanks a lot for the recipe. When I cooked it, it came out really well… Enjoyed it.
vidya says
May 17, 2010 at 11:24 amthis receipe i was looking since long time………..can you please tell me measurement for vangibhat masala in grams instead of spoon?
kavitha says
December 26, 2009 at 8:47 amhi madhavi,
i Prepared this , it came so delicious. thanku madhu.
kavitha
srikanth says
November 10, 2009 at 5:23 amHai Madhu,
It is very dissapointing I could not find bath powder for Bisbelibath
deepa says
August 1, 2009 at 9:07 amthanks 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.
kavitha says
June 11, 2009 at 8:37 pmrecipe is great
tajneela says
December 14, 2008 at 6:27 amvery simple, and tasty recipe. a meal by itself.
thanks
gowri says
July 20, 2008 at 9:10 pmHi,
Your vangi bath loohs great and moutnwatering.
aparna says
June 26, 2008 at 3:51 pmthanks for the recipe…
satish says
June 23, 2008 at 1:47 pmThank you very much
It is a easy and very taste recipe.
rachitha says
June 13, 2008 at 10:05 amits 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
Aparna says
June 2, 2008 at 3:48 pmOops 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
Aparna says
June 2, 2008 at 3:47 pmHey 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
Sriram says
April 11, 2008 at 6:58 pmmy 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.
parvathy says
March 3, 2008 at 3:07 amthanks 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
Shweta says
February 19, 2008 at 11:41 amThanks 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.
swaroopa says
February 19, 2008 at 9:42 amtried it and it turned out delicious…thanx….
sri says
November 16, 2007 at 12:47 amHi Madhavi,
Vangi Bath looks yummy. Good presentation and nice photograph.Thank you for this recipe.
umasays, says
October 29, 2007 at 4:45 pmwhen 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.
vasundhara says
September 22, 2007 at 12:54 ami tried the vangi bath recipe as specified by you and my family members liked it very much. thank you.
sujana says
September 5, 2007 at 7:26 amhi 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
Madhavi says
June 24, 2007 at 2:35 amlatha,
yes latha this recipe is quite easy. do try it.
Madhavi.
Latha says
June 23, 2007 at 10:24 amMadhu, I read Vanghi Bath,seems to be easy to cook. I am planning to mild changes according to our family taste.
Jyothi says
April 19, 2007 at 11:45 pmThanks for the recipe Madhavi. I like vangi bath and this recipe looks quite simple, so I can try this.
Priya S&S says
December 13, 2006 at 7:48 pmVangibath 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.
Madhavi says
December 12, 2006 at 5:37 pmThanks 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.
lakshmi says
December 12, 2006 at 10:20 ame recipe naku ishtamu, nice dish, thanks for the recipe friend
Ravi says
April 30, 2010 at 3:00 amAvuna andi..
Lakshmik says
December 11, 2006 at 9:43 pmHi Madhu
Thanks for the recipe. I ate Vangibath long time ago in India. Will make it now again.
Asha says
December 11, 2006 at 8:41 amMadhu,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.
siris says
December 10, 2006 at 7:24 pmhi 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