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!!!
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
Directions
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.
• 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.
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Priyanka bansal says :
its a nice way of making tomato puree,
Posted on: 26 August 2009 - 11:15pm
veg foodie says :
I certainly do love tomatoes... can I skip the 'hing' though, I don't like the flavor it brings... it won't matter much right?
Posted on: 15 May 2009 - 2:32am
Ganesh Dutta says :
This tomato recipe is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on: 1 May 2008 - 1:09pm
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