Tomato rice is my favourite variety rice recipe but Sendhil don’t like this as it has more spices.Even then I wanted to make him eat my tomato rice and praise me 
.. I tried many combinations and at last i settled with this recipe.. He liked it a lot and i got credits as i wished 
. In the beginning I used to add fennel seeds along with spices but he hate the taste of fennel seeds while eating. So i omitted fennel seeds & other spices and i used garam masala powder , coriander & mint leaves which gave a nice flavour & taste to the rice..I have made this so many times for his lunch box and this has become a routine lunch box dish for me .. Check out my tomato pulao recipe if interested..
INGREDIENTS
1 cup – 200ml
- Basmati rice – 1/2 cup
- Water – 1 cup
- Ripe tomatoes – 4 nos (small sized, I used bangalore tomato)
- Big onion – 1 no
- Garlic cloves – 8 nos
- Green chillies – 1- 2 nos
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
- Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
- Mint leaves & coriander leaves – few (chopped)
To temper
- Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- urad dal – 1 tsp
- Channa dal – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – to garnish
Ghee or gingely oil – to add while mixing with rice
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METHOD
- Cook the basmati rice adding 1:2 cups of water..Here i used 1 cup of water.. Add a drop of oil and little salt while rice is cooking. Pressure cook it and spread the rice in a plate to cool down..
- Slice cut the onions , slit the green chillies , chop the mint & coriander leaves , peel the garlic cloves and roughly chop the tomatoes and set aside..
- In a kadai , heat oil and splutter mustard , urad & channa dal.Then add the onions , green chillies and saute well. Now add the garlic cloves and mix well..
- Then add the mint & coriander leaves and saute well.Finally add tomatoes and all the spice powders along with salt.
- Mix well till tomato turns to a paste.Add little water if necessary..Make sure tomato paste has some moisture content ..The paste should not be dry..Garnish with coriander leaves , paste is ready..
- Now add the tomato paste to the rice adding gingely oil and mix well with a fork like ladle..Add a tsp of ghee before serving if u wish..Add more paste while mixing because the rice may absorb all the paste and it will taste bland after the rice cools down. So i have given more tomatoes to make the paste. Add the required paste , mix , give some setting time and then serve !
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NOTE
- For variations u can try adding fennel seeds while tempering which gives an additional flavour.
- U can also try adding 1/2 tsp of ginger garlic paste instead of whole garlic cloves ..
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