TOMATO RICE

TOMATO RICE

Tomato rice comes in various versions, I have come across variety of tomato rice recipes but I like to eat tomato rice little spicy and tangy. So I try to use lots of tomatoes in preparing it. I prefer eating tomato rice along with curd.

Ingredients –

• 2 big cups boiled rice
• 2 Onions sliced
• 4 - 5 tomatoes chopped
• 2-3 green chillies long slit
• Salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon of sambhar powder
• 8 -10 curry leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
• ½ coriander powder
• 2 tablespoon Oil

Method-

Take a pan, heat oil in it. Add mustard seeds , cumin seeds to it and then add sliced onions and sauté till light brown; add tomatoes chopped into the pan along with salt and turmeric powder. Cook for about 5 -7 mins till tomatoes mix well with onions and form a thick paste. Add green chillies and all the dry spices to it. Also add curry leaves to the mixture. Cook on low flame for another 5 mins.

Take a large bowl or a kadai, place boiled rice in it and add the tomatoes mixture to it gently mixing it with a fork or a spoon. You can keep adding more rice to it if you want it less spices. In fact to mix the tomato mixture into the boiled rice can always be as per individuals taste. The measurements given for spices and tomatoes are approximations only. Please change them according to individual taste.I like this rice to be eaten spicy.

Happy cooking!!