Tomato Rice

Tomato rice is a very delicious and is immensely simple, takes a jiffy to cook with common ingredients. Also an excellent item for lunch boxes. 

Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

Rice – 2 cups

Tomato – 4 large Chopped into small pieces

Onion – 1 large Chopped into small pieces

Chili powder – ½ tsp

Garam Masala – ½ tsp

Hing / Asafoetida – ¼ tsp

Garlic cloves – 3-4 small cloves grated finely

Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

Chana daal – 1 tsp

Urad daal – 1 tsp

Cashew nuts – 10 – 15

Green chilli – 2-3 chopped

Curry leaves – 2 strings

Chopped coriander – 2 tbsp

Salt

Oil – 4 tbsp

Method:

Wash and soak rice by adding 3 cups of water for 30 minutes.

Boil the rice by adding ½ tsp of salt and 1 tsp of ghee.

Simultaneously, heat a broad pan with 3 tbsp of oil. Add cumin seeds, chana daal, urad daal and cashew nuts one after the other and fry for a minute or until they changed to golden brown.

Add curry leaves, chopped green chilli, hing and grated garlic and fry for a minute.

Now add chopped onion and fry just until they get transparent.

Add chopped tomato and fry for a moment. Add some salt, chilli powder and garam masala and toss everything. Now cover the pan and cook until the tomatoes get mushy.

When the tomatoes are well cooked, then add the boiled rice and mix everything very gently.

Finish the rice with the touch of coriander.

You can eat is as it is or with raita.