Recipes

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Tomato rice

Tomato rice is a very simple, quick and easy rice variety to make with a blend of cooked rice, tomatoes and Indian spices. Tomato rice a very popular dish, especially in the south India. The combination of ripe juicy tomatoes along with aromatic spices is a delicious and tasty treat. There are many versions of this dish but this particular recipe happens to be a personal favorite. Tomato rice is just perfect as a complete meal or light meal or brunch, served alongside with raita and papad.




Ingredients:


1 cup rice
5-6 tomatoes sliced
1 onion sliced
2 green chillies sliced
3tsp ginger-garlic paste
1potato sliced
1/2cup green peas 
2tsp garam masala powder
2tsp red chilli powder
1/2tsp turmeric powder
1" cinnamon
3-4 cloves 
2 cardammom
1 bayleaf
2tsp oil 
2tsp ghee
salt to taste

Method:


 1)clean the rice and keep aside.
 2)heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add cloves, cinnamon, cardammom, bay   
     leaf, onions and fry for a minute. add ginger-garlic paste, green chillies and fry a 
    minute. add tomatoes, cook them till they are soft. add potato, green peas, garam
    masala powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and fry for 2min. now add 2cups
    of water, rice, salt mix well and pressure cook it for 3 whistels.
 3)serve hot with onion raita.



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