south indian tomato rice recipe
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 tbsp oil
- ¼ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 large tomato(pureed) 2 medium appox
- salt to taste
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
- fresh corinader for garnishing
- 5-6 curry leaves
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
Instructions
- cook your rice and keep it aside.
- wash tomatoes and make a fine puree.keep this aside.
- heat oil in pan.
- add mustard seeds and a pinch of asafoetida.
- add bay leaf and black cardamom.
- add curry leaves as well.
- add onions and ginger garlic paste.saute it for a while.
- add tomato puree,red chili powder,turmeric powder and salt.
- mix it well.
- simmer it for 7 mins OR until thickens.
- add cooked rice and mix.
- garnish with corinader and serve hot with raita or plain yogurt.
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Notes
- you can use fresh mint leaves.
- you can even use a pinch of madras curry powder in this recipe as well.
- you can even use canned tomato puree.
