Monday, November 2, 2009

Tomato rice


How to make tomato rice:

Ingredients:

1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
few urud dhal seeds
few kadala paruppu seeds
1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp chilli powder
1 tbsp garam masala powder
salt to taste
4-5 ripe tomatoes chopped
1-2 onions
coriander leaves
curry leaves
jeeram seeds

soaked rice - 2 cups (1/2 hour)


Method of preparation:

In a kadai, heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil and splutter some mustard seeds, add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves and sauté it till fragrant. Add the ginger garlic paste to this and sauté it till the raw smell leaves. Add chopped onions, curry leaves and salt to taste and let it get fried till light golden brown.
Add chopped tomatoes to this and let it cook till it becomes soggy and fragrant. Add 1 tbsp of chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and mix it well.
Garnish it with corriander leaves. Then add the 2 cup of soaked rice to this and 4 cup of water and mix it well and pressure cook it till 3 whistles.

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