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Tomato Rice | Thakkali Sadam
Tomato Rice- delicious tangy and mild rice pilaf cooked with tomato and mint
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
15
minutes
mins
Total Time
25
minutes
mins
Course:
Lunch, Rice preparation, Tiffin recipes
Cuisine:
South Indian Cuisine
Keyword:
rice, thakkali sadam, tomato, tomato rice, tomato rice recipe
Servings:
4
Author:
Anjana Chaturvedi
Ingredients
1.5
cup
Rice/ Chawal
5
medium
Tomatoes / Tamatar
Chopped
2
tsp
Red Chili Powder/ Laal Mirch
1/4
tsp
Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
1.5
tsp
Sambhar Powder
optional
handful
of
Fresh Mint Leaves/ Pudina
To
Taste
Salt / Namak
3/4
cup
Green Peas / Hari Matar
1
tsp
Kashmiri Chili powder
1
Inch
Beetroot Slice
Optional
Tempering/ Tadka
4
tbsp
Cooking Oil
1.5
tsp
Mustard Oil
1
tsp
Cumin/ Jeera
1/4
Cup
Cashew/ Kaju
10
Curry Leaves
2
tsp
Green Chilies
2
Bayleaves/ Tejpatta
5
Green Cardamom / Hari Elaichi
2
Black Cardamom / Badi Elaichi
2
Cloves / Lavang
6
Peppercorns / Sabut Kali Mirch
Instructions
Wash and soak rice for approx 20 minutes.
Grind tomato and make a smooth puree.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker or in a heavy bottom pan and add mustard seed and cumin in the oil.
When seeds start crackling add cashews ,chopped green chilies, curry leaves and then add cloves, pepper corn, cardamom and bay leaves
Now add the tomato puree and all the spices and cook till it started to thicken and start leaving the sides of the pan.
Add chopped mint,all the spices and the soaked rice and and mix gently.
Add 2 cups of water and mix properly, you can taste the salt and adjust if needed.
Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 2-3 minutes on slow flame or pressure cook for a whistle on medium heat
Open when the pressure cooker cool down, open and gently fluff the rice with a fork, serve hot
Serving suggestions-serve with yogurt,pickle and poppadoms
Notes
Notes-
you can also add mixed vegetables in this pulao along with green peas or just make it with tomatoes.
you can make this pulao with basmati rice or with any short grain rice of your choice