Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Easy Tomato Bhorta (Tomato Smash with Garlic & Chili)
If you’ve got tomatoes and you're making rice anyway, you’re already halfway there.
🔸 Start with the rice:
While your rice is cooking, toss in 2 large tomatoes (whole, uncut). Just let them cook right in the pot with the rice—no extra work. Once the rice is done, pull the tomatoes out and set them aside to cool a bit.
🔸 Now the flavor bomb:
In a small pan, heat 2 tbsp mustard oil. Add in 5 dry red chilies and 5 garlic cloves. Cook on medium until the chilies are dark—almost black—and crispy, and the garlic is soft and golden. Set that aside.
🔸 Time to smash:
Peel the skin off the cooked tomatoes and drop them into a bowl. Take the fried red chilies and garlic—set the garlic aside for now—and crush the chilies with some salt using your fingers or a spoon. Once that’s nicely broken down, smash in the garlic too.
🔸 Mix it up:
Add in 1 small onion, finely sliced, and give it a good mix. Now throw in the tomatoes and smash it all together till it’s chunky and blended. Finish it off with 2 tbsp chopped coriander and 1 tbsp mustard oil for that classic punch.
Serve this bhorta with hot gorom bhaat (steamed rice), and you’re in for a simple but bold deshi comfort meal. Enjoy!
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Easy Tomato Bhorta (Tomato Smash with Garlic & Chili)
If you’ve got tomatoes and you're making rice anyway, you’re already halfway there.
🔸 Start with the rice:
While your rice is cooking, toss in 2 large tomatoes (whole, uncut). Just let them cook right in the pot with the rice—no extra work. Once the rice is done, pull the tomatoes out and set them aside to cool a bit.
🔸 Now the flavor bomb:
In a small pan, heat 2 tbsp mustard oil. Add in 5 dry red chilies and 5 garlic cloves. Cook on medium until the chilies are dark—almost black—and crispy, and the garlic is soft and golden. Set that aside.
🔸 Time to smash:
Peel the skin off the cooked tomatoes and drop them into a bowl. Take the fried red chilies and garlic—set the garlic aside for now—and crush the chilies with some salt using your fingers or a spoon. Once that’s nicely broken down, smash in the garlic too.
🔸 Mix it up:
Add in 1 small onion, finely sliced, and give it a good mix. Now throw in the tomatoes and smash it all together till it’s chunky and blended. Finish it off with 2 tbsp chopped coriander and 1 tbsp mustard oil for that classic punch.
Serve this bhorta with hot gorom bhaat (steamed rice), and you’re in for a simple but bold deshi comfort meal. Enjoy!
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