TOMATO RICE

Simple & Easy, less time consuming recipe, suitable for lunch box and handy item for picnic

INGREDIENTS:
Basmathi rice - 1 cup

Tomato - 2
Big onion - 1
Small onion - 10
Capsicum - 1/2 (optional)
Green chilly 3
Crushed ginger garlic - 1 tsp
 Lemon - 1/2

For Seasoning
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon - 1
Fennel - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 leaflet
Corainder leaves - handful
Oil - 2 tbs
Ghee - 2 tsp

METHOD:
1. Wash and Soak Basmathi rice for 10 minutes.
2. In a pressure cooker, add oil, mustard, cumin, after it splutters add cinnamon ,fennel and curry leaves..
3. Add finely chopped onions, cook until transparent, add crushed ginger garlic, cook until raw smell goes off.
4. Add chopped green chillies, little salt and finely chopped tomatoes. Saute till the tomatoes are cooked well and all the ingredients blend together.
5. Drain the water and add the soaked basmathi rice and stir well for 2 minutes.
6. In a pan heat 1 1/2 cups of water and allow to boil and add to the ingredients in the cooker. Add required salt.
7. Stir in intervals until the basmathi rice is half cooked.
8. Add lemon juice, coriander leaves and ghee.
9. Pressure cook until 2 whistles on high flame.
10. Tasty Tomato rice is ready.
11. It can be served with Onion raitha.

ONION RAITHA PREPARATION:
1. Take a cup of curd and whip adding required salt.
2. Add finely chopped Onions along with 1/4 tsp of chat masala and mix well.
3. Onion raitha is ready.

Note:

• Regular boiled rice can be used instead of basmathi rice.
• 1/4 cup of curd can be used instead of lemon, but the curd should be added along with Basmathi rice. Lemon should  be added only at the end.
• Cinnamon and Fennel are optional. I have added them for their aroma.