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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Tomato Rice


Tomato Rice















Ingredients :

Basmati Rice 2 cups (Long-Grain Rice)
Tomatoes 2 big
Onion 1 small
Green Peas few
Garlic pods 5Check Spelling
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.

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