SIMPLE TOMATO RICE

Ingredients:
2 cups basmati rice
5 to 6 red ripe tomatoes (chopped)
2 big onions (sliced)
6 to 8 Green chilies (slit)
1 tsp Chilly powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 piece Ginger (sliced)
4 pips Garlic (sliced)
4 Cloves
1 piece Cinnamon
3 Cardamons
1 sprig curry leaves
3 tbsp ghee
1 cup coconut milk
2 1/2 cups water
coriander leaves and mint leaves little to garnish.

How to make Tomato Rice:

Wash and soak rice for 15 minutes in water. Drain water and keep it aside.
In a frying pan, add cloves, cinnamon, cardamon , curry leaves and fry for a minute.
Add ginger & garlic to it, fry for a minute and add green chilies and onions.
Fry till onion turns light brown. Add tomato pieces to it.
Now add salt, chilly powder and turmeric to it.
After tomatoes are cooked for 3 to 4 minutes till mushy, add rice to it and stir.
Now pour down 3 to 3 1/2 cups of water and coconut milk cook on low flame till the rice is cooked properly.
add the mint leaves, and coriander leaves.
mix well, cover and keep for sometime before serving.

You can use a rice cooker, or cook by the absorbing method.
Try and see, thanks, Kugan98



ANOTHER METHOD :

SIMPLE TOMATO RICE

Ingredients:
200 grms rice

2 big onions sliced
250 grms red tomatoes chopped
1 tsp ginger paste
6 pips garlic smashed
2 green chillies chopped
¼ tsp chillie powder
¼ tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp roasted channa dal
2 tsp mint leaves
2 tsp coriander leaves
2 tbs thick coconut milk (optional)
2 tsp ghee or oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Cook the rice in a cooker, and let it cool.

Heat a wok with the ghee.
Add in the mustard seeds, let it splutter.
Now add in the smashed garlic, sauté for a minute.
Now add in the ginger paste, sliced onions.
Sauté well, now add in the roasted channa dal,
tomatoes, chillie powder, chopped green chillies.

Cook well for a moment, add in the coconut milk,
coriander leaves, mint leaves and salt.
The tomatoes must be thick and mushy by now.
Remove and add the cooked rice and mix well.
Your tomato rice is ready.