Tomato Rice | Thakkali Sadam
24 May, 2018
TOMATO RICE! This rice is the most hit and well known rice recipes from South inspired from the cafe Isha Yoga Centre and Coimbatore. As the name itself indicates, it is made of only Tomatoes and no other vegetables used except Onions. It is simple, quick, spicy, flavorful and delicious lunch box meal. Tomato Rice can be served plain or with some Salad or Raita. It is Kid’s friendly lunch box. So do check the recipe.
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Ingredients
- Cooked Rice – 1 ½ cup
- Onion Paste – ½ cup
- Tomato Paste – ½ + ¼ cup
- Oil – 2 tablespoon
- Cumin Seeds / Jeera – ½ + ¼ tsp
- Mustard Seeds / Rai – ¼ tsp
- Dry Red Chillies – 4 small
- Asafetida / Hing – ¼ tsp
- Chopped Garlic – 1 tsp
- Ginger Paste – 1 tsp
- Red Chilli Powder / Lal mirchi – ½ + ¼ tsp
- Biryani Masala – ¼ tsp
- Salt – ½ + ¼ tsp
- Tomato Sauce – 4 tsp
- Green Peas – as required
- Curry Leaves – as required
- Coriander Leaves – as required
- Tomatoes for garnishing – as required
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Instructions
- In a pan take 2 tablespoon of Oil and allow it to heat.
- Then add ½ + ¼ tsp of Cumin Seeds (Jeera), ¼ tsp of Mustard seeds (Rai) in the Oil followed by 4 small dry Red Chillies, few Curry leaves, ¼ tsp of Hing and 1 tsp of chopped Garlic and sauté nicely for 1 Min.
- Add ½ cup of Onion paste and 1 tsp of Ginger paste into the pan and stir nicely until Onions are nicely cooked.
- Furthermore, add ½ + ¼ tsp of Red Chilli Powder and ¼ tsp of Biryani Masala into the pan and stir for more 1 Min.
- Then add ½ + ¼ cup of Tomato paste and few Green Peas and cook on low flame until Oil separates.
- Then add Salt as per taste followed by boiled and cooked Rice and give a nice mix.
- Add 4 tsp of Tomato sauce and fresh Coriander leaves into the Rice and mix.
- Tomato Rice is now ready to serve hot and garnish with fresh Tomato slices.
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Notes
You can add vegetables into the Rice as per your choice (Optional). Along with Tomato paste and Onion paste, you can also add some chopped Tomatoes and Onions to make Tomato Rice tastier.
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