Tomato Rice Recipe

If you love tomatoes...........if you love rice.......if you love spicy food........just go for this recipe........you are sure to enjoy!!! Tomato Rice picture

Summary

Prepration Time10 MinutesCooking Time10 Minutes

Difficulty LevelMediumHealth IndexJust Enjoy

Servings4CuisineIndian

CourseMain DishSpecialityWedding

Main IngredientRice

Ingredients

Ingredients List 1:

2 spoons oil for frying (any cooking oil)

5 Red Tomatoes (Cut in halves. Don’t go for tomatoes with a yellowish tinge)

8 cloves of garlic

A few pieces of cloves and cinnamon

3-4 Green Chillies (slit in halves, the number of chilles usually depends on how spicy you want it)

Ingredients List 2:

One large spoon oil for frying (any cooking oil)

2 tea spoons cumin seeds (jeera)

A pinch of asephoetida powder (hing)

Few pieces of cashewnuts (optional)

3-4 bay leaves (tej patta)

One medium sized onion (cut lengthwise….looks good)

Finely choppes Cilantro to garnish

How to make Tomato Rice

Method:

• Cook 2 cups rice and keep aside. Let it cool.
• Take 2 spoons oil and saute the all the items in Ingredients List 1. Without adding any water, let it cook for 7 minutes or till the tomatoes are finely cooked and become a paste. Cook it with the lid on.
• When this mixture cools, grind it to a very fine paste . It smells great!!!
• In a wok, add one large spoon oil and saute all the items in Ingredients List 2 (except cilantro) until the onions turn brown. To it, add the previously prepared tomato paste and stir until the mixture loses oil. It will take adout 5 minutes.
• Then, add the already cooked rice and mix really well on low flame…..let it stand for 2 minutes and then serve it hot garnished with a handful of chopped cilantro.
• This dish can be relished as is or with curd/yoghurt salad.