Tomato Rice
This simple one-dish meal of Tomato rice that goes well with yummy home-set cooling curds. Here's the recipe for 2 People
Course:
Main Dish
Cuisine:
Indian-Vegetarian
Servings: 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups Rice pre cooked fresh or leftover- ( decide by individual appetite)
- 2 tbsp. Sesame oil any non-pungent oil
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 1 tsp. Mustard seeds / Rai
- 2 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeera
- 3-4 pinches Asafoetida
- 1 tsp. Turmeric powder
- Cumin-coriander powder / Dhania Jeera powder Dhania Jeera powder
- 1 tsp. Red Chilli Powder optional
- 6-8 Tomatoes medium size
- 3 Onions roughly or finely chopped,as per liking
- 2 Garlic bulbs peeled & grated
- 3 Green Chillies vertically slit
- 2 Fresh Ginger/ Adrak / aadu peeled & grated
- 1 small bunch Cilantro / Coriander / Kothmir/Hara Dhania - washed and finely chopped washed & finely chopped ( i didnt have that 🙂 )
- salt to taste
- Sugar to taste - optional
- Wok large, broad, non-stick
- Pav Bhaji Masala as per liking
Instructions
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Place the wok on medium heat. Pour Sesame, oil, do not let it smoke Add mustard seeds, let it crackle. Add cumin, let it brown
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Add Asafoetida Add Green chilli & Curry leaves
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Add onion, stir & saute till pink
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Add the grated ginger garlic let cook till 3-4 minutes,
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Add Chopped tomatoes,turmeric powder & Cumin-coriander powder/ Dhania Jeera powder
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Stir, cover and cook
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Allow tomatoes to go soft add Salt & Sugar
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Mix well & do not cover, let sugar & salt taste to set in Mix well
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Add RICE
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Mix well without breaking Rice grain, Leave for another 5 minutes
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Transfer to a serving bowl Serve with sweet cardamom lassi or plain cool yogurt