Easy and Quick Tomato Rice Recipe
This easy and quick Tomato rice is mild rice with full of flavours that goes perfect with any veg/non-veg gravy. This is a one pot meal which is prepared by sautéing onion, tomatoes with ginger garlic paste and then combining with rice and cooked on low flame for 10-15 minutes. Even you can make this tomato rice in a pressure cooker. We usually serve this rice with egg tomato thokku and raita.
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Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
- Basmati rice- 1 cup
- Chopped tomatoes -3 medium
- Ginger garlic paste- 2tsp
- Sliced onions- 2
- Slit green chillies- 4
- Bay leaves- 2
- Cloves- 4
- Cinnamon stick- ½ inch
- Cardamom pods- 2
- Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
- Shah Jeera – 1tsp
- Garam masala- 1tsp
- Ghee- 4tbsp
- Oil- 1tsp
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves- a handful
- Mint leaves- a handful
Instructions
- Wash and soak the basmati rice for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile slice the onions, green chillies and keep aside.
- Heat a non-stick pan, add ghee, oil once they heat, add shah jeera along with cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and cardamom pods.
- Next add the sliced onions, green chillies and sauté them till onions change its colour.
- Then add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes.
- Add chopped tomatoes along with mint, coriander leaves, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes on low flame until tomatoes become mushy.
- Drain the water from the rice and add to the saucepan and mix gently without
- breaking the rice and fry for a minute.
- Add 1 ½ cup hot water and salt according to taste and mix well.
- Cover with lid and cook on low flame for 15 minutes or till the rice is cooked.
- Then gently fluff up the rice with fork and transfer into a serving plate and enjoy with your favourite curry.
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