Tomato Rice

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Tomato rice is an extremely flavorful rice dish using ripe red tomatoes are sauted with spices and then added to rice.

Prep & Cooking Time: 40 mts

Serves: 4 

Ingredients

2 cups raw rice

2 medium Onions, finely sliced

2 Tomato, finely chopped

½ cup Tomato puree

1 ½ Green chili-ginger-garlic paste

Shah jeera: 1 tsp

1 Bay leaf

1 Cinnamon stick

10 -12 Mint leaves

½  tsp Kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)

1 tsp Red chili powder

1 tsp Cumin Powder

1 tbsp Oil

1 tbsp Ghee

1 ½  tbsp Coriander leaves, finely chopped for garnish

Salt to taste

Method

• Heat oil + ghee in a vessel or pressure cooker, add whole spices (bay leaf, shah jeera and cinnamon) and stir fry 30 secs.
• Add the sliced onions and saute for 3 minutes. Add green chili-ginger-garlic paste, mint leaves and kasoori methi and saute for 4-5 minutes.
• Add red chili powder and cumin powder and mix well.
• Add chopped tomato, tomato puree and salt to taste and mix.
• Cook for 8-9 minutes on low to medium flame, or till oil separates.
• Reduce heat, add the raw rice, mix, saute for few minutes.
• Add 4 cups of water and bring to a boil.
• Reduce flame and cook till rice is done. If using pressure cooker, cook rice upto 3 whistles.
• Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve warm with raita or any curry of your choice.