Tomato Rice

Tomato Rice

Tomato rice is one of my favorite flavored rice which my mom used to make. She used prepare this rice almost every week on Saturday night. It is very easy to prepare with very simple ingredients but with great flavor.

Ingredients:

2 cups rice soaked for 1/2 hr

3 medium size tomatoes

3 cups water

1 small onion chopped into large slices

3 green chillies slit lengthwise

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

3 cloves

1 inch cinammon stick

2 bay leaves

salt to taste

1/2 tsp garam masala powder

1/2 cup green peas(optional)

2 tsp oil

6-8 fresh curry leaves

10-12 cashew nuts fried in ghee

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in pressure cooker and add cinnamon stick, cloves and bay leaves and fry for 3 mins.
2. Add curry leaves, onions and green chili and fry for 5 mins and add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell leaves.
3. Now add chopped tomatoes add salt and garam masala and fry for few minutes.
4. Drain water from rice and the soaked rice and mix it with the gravy and then add 3 cups of water and adjust salt and garam masala to your taste and cover the pressure cooker lid with whistle for 2 whistles.
5. Now take off the stove after pressure leaves open the lid garnish with cashew nuts and coriander leaves.
6. Serve hot with chips and raita.