Tomato rice is plain steamed rice cooked with tangy and spicy mixture of tomato, onion, coriander leaves and Indian spices.This is a popular South Indian style rice preparation. In Tamil language it is known as Thakkali Sadam.
Ingredients :
- Raw/Long grained Rice : 1 cup
- Tomatoes – Ripe : 4 No
- Onions – Chopped : 3 No
- Green chillies – Cut : 2 No
- Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
- Dry Red Chillies : 6 No
- Coriander seeds : 2 tsp
- Bengal gram dal : 3 tsp
- Urad dal : 1 tsp
- Fenugreek seeds : 1/4 tsp
- Asafoetida : 1/2 tsp
- Mustard seeds : 1 tsp
- Peanuts : 2 tbsp
- Cooking oil : 3 tbsp
- Few Curry leaves
- Salt
Directions :
- Pressure cook or use rice cooker to cook rice and spread on a plate to cool.
- Fry the red chillies, coriander seeds, bengal gram dal, urad dal, fenugreek seeds, asafoetida. Grind to a fine powder and set aside.
- Puree the chopped tomatoes and strain the juice. Set aside.
- In a pan, heat the tomato juice, salt and turmeric powder, simmer till it thickens. Add the ground masala powder and mix well.
- Heat 3 tablespoons of oil add the mustard seeds, peanuts and curry leaves. When the mustard seeds splutter, add chopped green chillies and onions and fry for a few minutes till it turns golden brown. Mix in the rice and the tomato concentrate
Tips:
1. To keep rice grains separated, prepare steamed rice a few hours in advance.
2. Serve tomato rice with yogurt and papad
