Tomato Rice - 235 Calories in 1 cup, Thakkali Sadam-How to make-step by step photos & video

Cuisine Style: Tamilnadu, South india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Pappadam | Type: Lunch, Kannum pongal festival special

Generally tomato Rice differs according to their region. This tomato rice is traditional south Indian style. Simple ingredients make this recipe more tasteful. This south Indian style tomato rice avoids so many masalas. So here is the perfect south Indian style tomato rice is ready to eat.

Ingredients

• Rice - 1 Cup
• Tomato - 3
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Green Chilli - 2
• Dry red Chilli - 1
• Onion - 1 [chopped]
• Mustard seeds[rai] - 1 tbsp
• Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
• Chana dal - 1 tbsp
• Urad dal- 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Oil - 3 tbsp
• Curry Leaves - 1 spring
• Asafetida[Hing, perungayam] - 1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Preparation

• Cook Rice and spread over the plate, let it cool.
• Heat water in a pan, let it boil. Add tomato let it boil for 5 min.
• Then drain water, peel off the skin, chop & put it in a mixer jar grind to fine puree.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds let it splutter.
• Add chana dal & urad dal fry.
• Add asafetida, curry leaves & onions saute till soft.
• Add garlic, dry red chilli & green chilli saute.
• Add tomato puree, red chilli powder & turmeric powder cook till raw smell out & slightly thick
• Add rice & salt mix well.
• Serve with pickle or chips

Tip

• Basmathi rice will bring extra taste.

How this Tomato Rice recipe is Unique?

• Avoiding masala ingredients brings the natural flavour to this Tomato rice.

How to make Tomato rice Video

How to make Tomato rice- Step by step photos

Boil rice, spread over the plate, let it cool

Boil water, add tomatoes

Now its ready, cut off heat

Drain water

Boiled tomatoes ready

Peel off the tomato skin

Repeat the procedure for another 2 tomatoes

Chop

Put it in a mixer jar, finely grind

Tomato puree ready

Heat oil, add mustard seeds, let it splutter

Add chana dal, urad dal & asafetida

Add onion, curry leaves, dry red chilli & green chilli

Add garlic & salt saute well

Add tomato puree

Let it boil

Add turmeric powder

Add red chilli powder, cook till raw smell out & thick

Add salt mix well

Add rice

Mix well with tomato mixture

Delicious tomato rice ready, cut off heat

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