Tomato Rice

Once in a week my school & college days’ lunchbox menu will definitely have Lemon Rice/Tomato Rice with a piece of Lemon Pickle as sidedish. Such a humble yet comforting meal. Even after eating it all these years am never bored or tired of SouthIndian variety rice ☺️ Maybe because of the gene I suppose. This tomato rice recipe is my own & have been following it for years. It is slightly different from my mom’s. Her recipe doesn’t include garlic & garam masala powder for flavor.

The best side dish for this rice is obviously Potato fry but for a change today I made Okra/Ladies Finger fry along with Onion Raita. The following measurement serves two people. Adjust according to your needs.

The color of the rice depends on the variety of Tomatoes you use.

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Tomato Rice

Course

lunch

Cuisine

tamil

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Servings

cup

Ingredients

• 2 cups Rice Cooked
• 1 Onion
• 3 Tomato
• 1 tbsp Chopped ginger garlic ,
• 1 Green Chilli
• 1/4 cup Peas Frozen
• 1 Tbsp Yogurt
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1/2 tbsp Chilli Powder
• 1/2 tbsp Coriander Powder
• 1/2 tbsp GaramMasala Powder

For Tadka

• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 tsp seeds UradDal
• 1/2 tsp Channa Dal seeds
• 1/2 tsp Jeera
• curry leaves few

Course lunch Cuisine tamil Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Servings cup Ingredients 2 cups Rice Cooked 1 Onion 3 Tomato 1 tbsp Chopped ginger garlic , 1 Green Chilli 1/4 cup Peas Frozen 1 Tbsp Yogurt 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder 1/2 tbsp Chilli Powder 1/2 tbsp Coriander Powder 1/2 tbsp GaramMasala Powder For Tadka 1 tbsp Oil 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds 1/2 tsp seeds UradDal 1/2 tsp Channa Dal seeds 1/2 tsp Jeera curry leaves few

Instructions

1. Chop onion & tomato finely

   
2. Heat oil in a frying pan and add all the ingredients mentioned under 'For Tadka' session
3. Let them splutter. Add slit green chilli,ginger garlic & saute for a minute

   
4. At this stage add onions ,continue sauteing until onions become translucent
5. Later add tomatoes, salt, turmeric and other spice powders

   
6. 
7. Lower the flame and keep sauteing. The tomatoes will release water and they will start shrinking. It will approximately take 5 minutes
8. At this stage add 1/4 cup of water and a tbsp of yogurt. Mix everything well.Adding yogurt gives a lovely tangy taste to tomato rice

   
9. Though the onion+tomato mix looks split after adding yogurt, you need not worry about that. It will not affect the taste of your rice. Just make sure that you don't add too much of yogurt
10. Add frozen peas as well & let the whole mixture boil for about 3-4 minutes
11. Add 2 cups of cooked rice. It could be your normal Ponni Rice (Raw Rice) or Basmati Rice

    
12. Using a fork mix everything together Adjust salt and cook it further until the rice has absorbed all the moisture from Tomato
13. Then remove from pan and serve it along with veggies of your choice
14. I served it with a simple onion raita & pan fried okra