Tomato Rice

Tomato Rice

Ingredients :

Basmati Rice 2 cups (Long-Grain Rice)

Tomatoes 2 big

Onion 1 small

Green Peas few

Garlic pods 5

Fenugreek Leaves few sprigs

Coriander Leaves few sprigs

Cloves 2

Cardamom 1

Cinnamon small piece

Curry Leaves 6

Green chilly 3

Red chilly Powder 1/4 tsp

Cashew Nuts few (Kaaju)

Oil 1 tbsp

Salt to Taste

Preparation :

Wash and chop onion finely, slit green chilly, separate fenugreek leaves

from stems.

Wash basmati rice, add 3 1/2 cups water with little salt and soak for

15-20 Min's then cook. You must take care, not to stir vigorously while

cooking as that may break long-grain. Open it and make it fluffy.

Cut tomatoes and remove seeds from it, then grind it with garlic pods

and salt.

Heat oil in a non-stick pan, fry cashew nuts and keep it aside.

Now add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves then add green peas and fry

for a min.

Add onion, fenugreek leaves, slit green chilly and fry for a min or 2.

Then add tomato paste, red chilly powder to it and fry till it leaves oil.

Add cooked rice to it and mix softly so that rice will not break.

Garnish it with coriander leaves and cashew nuts.

Serve it with curd chutney.

It makes 3-4 servings .

It takes approx 30- 40 Min's to prepare.

Suggestions :

Always choose ripen tomato.