Tomato Rice...Am sure tomato rice can be made in several different ways.This is one such method which is very simple to make and very delicious!
Got this excellent recipe from my mom and thought of sharing it with my readers.
Ingredients :
2 cups of Basmati Rice (Wash,clean and soak in water for 30 mins)
1 medium size onion (chopped)
2 big Tomatoes (chopped into small pieces)
1 Garlic Pod (Optional)
1/2 tablespoon of chana dal (soak in water for 5-10 mins)
1 green chilli
7-8 cashewnuts (broken into halves)
1 tablespoon of grated ginger
2 tablespoon of Oil
1 tablespoon of Ghee
1/2 tablespoon of turmeric powder
1/2 - 1 tablepsoon of red chilli powder
Salt
Heat some oil in a deep saute pan.Fry chana dal,green chillies,grated ginger and the broken cashwenuts.Now add the chopped onions,mix well and fry till it turns golden.
Then add tomatoes,turmeric powder,red chilli powder and the required salt.Mix well and saute till the tomatoes become tender.(You can also make this tomato mix in advance,put it in an airtight container and store it in the fridge.It should be used within 4-5 days from the date of preparation).
Now drain the water completely from the soaked basmati rice and add it to the tomato mix.Add 1 tablespoon of ghee,mix well and saute for 2 mins.Cook the rice in a rice cooker or pressure cooker.Serve hot with raitha and papad/chips.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Tomato Rice
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Hi Dear Karthika,
This is a wonderful dish & i like it a lot.
i'll surely prepare it as per u'r instructions this time & see the taste.
i liked all u'r recipes tht u have put in u'r blog.
i have book marked it to read i n detail as soon as possible.
could u kindly post a recipe for "parupu arecha beans curry/parupu beans usli" in the coming weeks.
i like tht a lot dear...
do keep in touch.
Regards!
Hi Raghav ,
Thanks for your comment:-). Do try this tomato rice and let me know. Beans paruppu usli is also my favourite.Will surely post it when i make it :-).Pls do vist my blog frequently.
Dear Kruthika,
I'm a Food Enthusiast my self & cook on most of the sunday's to relieve my mom for a day... & when i'm all alone at chennai during my business trip, i would luv to cook my own food in the nights & have it...
i like paneer items a lot.
paneer butter masala, palak paneer, paneer fried rice, paneer parotha... etc...
i'm a pure veggie & luv to try wht ever is possible. u'r veg biryani dish tht u gave is wht i prepare most of the time when i'm all alone as it is very quick & i need not have to cook a vegetable or dal/rasam/sambar seperately.
most of the times i don't even prepare masala also. just add some spices directly into the pan... as i'm a bit diet conscious i avoid oils & coconut when ever & where ever possible.
i would like to give u a recipe which u would have not heard of... it is a karnataka, recipe which doesn't need any big ingredients.
try it some time...
take some tender coconut water.... tht is the base of this dish...
2-3 coconuts will do(elani).
take 5-6 green chilly, keep them in directly flame for some time to make it half burnt. then take the chilly out & smash them well. add some grated coconut.. salt to taste...
mix them well..... if u need u can add some lemon juice.....
though this can't be kept for hrs together... it taste's well.
try it out... i have done it many times...
Wow..thats a nice recipe..will surely try it sometime...well, its kinda hard to get coconut/coconut water here and moreover keeping them directly in flame....am not sure whether i can do that..since we use electric stove...there is no flame as such..only the coil gets heated...anyways, thats an interesting recipe.Thanks :-)
only chilly has to be kept under flame. if tht is the case, u can use candle or light(velaku) to burn the chillies a bit....
this is actually done at a temple for the prasadam....
tht temple is in a hillock near bangalore & is opened once in a week n saturday. after the abhishekam, rice is cooked & kept as prasadam...
then to have some thing with rice, they prepare this... this is done for a very long time it seems.. more than 5-6 decades old..
they do the abhishekam for the diety with tender coconut & they inturn collect the same in the vessel...
at last they add half burnt & smashed chilly, grated coconut, salt to taste. some coriander & curry leaf if available & it is served with the rice...
i have been to tht temple some time back & had the oppurtunity to have tht food.
i was speaking to my mom regarding u'r blog in the evening & she was very much amazed to see this... she has some recipes to share it seems with u...
my mail id is saisolves@yahoo.com.
pls mail me with u'r mail id & i'll mean while ask the recipe's from her & type it... so tht i can send the same to your mail id.
keep in touch.
Regards,
Wow..will try that recipe for sure :-) i lived in Bangalore for 4 yrs..never came across a prasadham like this...very interesting..thanks fo sharing the recipe..Am glad you told your mom about my blog.Moms are always the best cook.I got most of my recipes from my mom :-) Will surely drop you a mail.Thanks :-)
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