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Simple & Quick Tomato Rice

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I have many of you writing in requesting for kid friendly recipes and regular updates at Kids Zone. Yes, I do want to update both the blogs on a regular basis. My karigar (artisan) is back after a long break and I spend quite some time creating designs to be embroidered on clothes. Trying my best to juggle between different chores and get the most out of 24 hours. :)

tomato-rice
Tomato Rice

One pot dishes are my quick fix meals on busy days. I made Tomato rice today. Simple recipe with minimal spices. The sweet tart juices of tomato are beautifully absorbed by the rice yielding a subtly spiced dish that was well-loved by my family. Use nice red juicy tomatoes when trying this recipe.

Simple Tomato Rice

Prep & Cooking: 30 mts

Serves 4-5 persons

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Ingredients:

1 cup raw rice

8-10 curry leaves

8 cloves (do not skimp on cloves)

1″ cinnamon stick

2 cardamoms

1 large onion, finely sliced

3 ripe tomatoes, finely chopped

3 green chillis, slit lengthwise

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

4-5 pudina leaves

1/2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves

salt to taste

1 tbsp oil + 1/4 tbsp ghee

1 Heat oil+ghee in a vessel or pressure cooker, add the curry leaves, sliced onions, green chillis, cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms and stir fry for 5 mts. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2-3 mts.
2 Add chopped tomatoes, pudina and coriander leaves to the sauteed onions and combine. Add salt to taste and combine well. Cook for 6-7 mts.
3 Reduce heat, add the raw rice, combine, saute for 3 mts. Add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce flame and cook till rice is done. If using pressure cooker, cook rice upto 3 whistles.
4 Serve hot with any curry of your choice or with just pickle, yogurt and appadam.

tomato-annam
Tamata Annam
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By sailu • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: All Recipes, Andhra Recipes, Rice recipes, Vegan recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian Recipes

27 Responses »

  1. Suma on October 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am:

    Hi Sailu,
    This is one of my family’s favourite one pot meal!! Kudos to simple illustration and nice pictures.
    - Suma

  2. Pooja on October 20th, 2009 at 10:08 am:

    hai sailaja garu..
    yummy..very nice recipe
    excellent photographs

  3. supriya on October 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am:

    at what point do you add cloves,cardamon and cinnamon? i think you missed that in your instruction list.

    Oops! Updated recipe.

  4. sudha on October 20th, 2009 at 11:47 am:

    hmmmmmmmm…yummy yummy tomato rice!!

  5. Sayantani on October 20th, 2009 at 11:53 am:

    one pot rice dishes are my favorite too and I simply love tomato rice. kinda comfort food for me. this looks mouthwatering!!! belated happy diwali Sailu

  6. Deepika Sriramesh on October 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm:

    Hi Sailu,
    My kids love Tomato Rice too.
    What I do is saute rice like I would for any fried rice/pulao and then instead of water add tomato juice with a couple of spoons of tomato paste.
    It comes out looking great and tastes super.
    Hope you had a great Diwali with your family.

  7. Sapna on October 20th, 2009 at 12:32 pm:

    Hi thanks for the yummy recipe. I try a lot of recipes from your site and my family loves them. I tried this recipe today but it ended up very sticky. I did not use a pressure cooker either. Do you have any suggestions. Do let me know. Thank you!

    Probably you should add less water than what you used to prepare the recipe. Saute the rice along with the rest of the ingredients well. Also use enough oil while preparing rice dishes, it makes it less sticky. Sometimes the type of rice used also makes a difference.

  8. Pochu Rani on October 20th, 2009 at 12:46 pm:

    OMG! My mother used to make tomato rice exactly like this! Thanks for posting this wonderful recipe!!

  9. madhu on October 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm:

    sailu garu,

    thanks for the recipe. my question may be litte out of context, but i remember u mentioning about making your chilli powder by adding some other ingredients. i want to make that, but havn’t been able to locate the recipe, would you please share it.

    thanks in advance.
    madhu

    I am yet to blog the masala chilli pwd that I use in my blog, Madhu garu. Will blog it sometime.

  10. Cilantro on October 20th, 2009 at 4:13 pm:

    I make them almost the same without the curry leaves. Looks very delicious and the pic looks good too.

  11. Hyma on October 20th, 2009 at 7:15 pm:

    Thanks for sharing the recipe!!

  12. spice on October 20th, 2009 at 11:06 pm:

    Hi dear,
    Love this rice, I make something like this but with few changes. I’m new to blogging world. Like your blog…..it’s interesting that u’ve many hobbies. I also like to do various things. Do visit my blog sometime.

  13. krithiga on October 21st, 2009 at 12:59 am:

    hi sailu, why we need to add 8 cloves? wont be very strong while we eat?

    Whole cloves will not yield as strong a flavor as ground ones, Krithiga. The key ingredient to tomato rice is clove . It will not be strong at all. Remove the cloves at the time of serving since biting into one of them will not be a good experience. :)

  14. Jyothi on October 21st, 2009 at 7:43 am:

    Sailaja,

    This is my all time recipe superhit with my kids specially. Its good for their lunch box too. But i dont saute the rice. Instead add it to boiling water.

  15. R.Punitha on October 21st, 2009 at 7:52 am:

    Hi Sailu,

    yesterday i made tomato rice exactly by this method.
    No change, good in taste. What a coincidence!!!
    Thank you Sailu, Take care, Bye,…

  16. madhavi on October 21st, 2009 at 8:36 am:

    Hi Sailu,
    I tried this tomato rice this evening. It’s very nice. My kids liked it very much. Thank you for ur nice recipe. Bye.

  17. AshaLatha R.K.Prasad on October 21st, 2009 at 12:58 pm:

    Hey Sailu,

    Thanks for dropping by, & thanks for the wishes too. This particular Tomato bath looks yummy. And looks simple too, than the one I prepare. My folks love the tomato rice I prepare, but I would try this one sometime… as it is quite simple.

    Ash…..
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

  18. Jay on October 21st, 2009 at 1:08 pm:

    Thanks for the wonderful recipe!!

  19. Avisha on October 21st, 2009 at 1:36 pm:

    One pot meal, perfect after the fancy diwali snacks that we all have had.
    Simple and easy recipe.I am in for making this one.

  20. Aparna on October 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm:

    Hi Sailu,

    Can we make this recipe with electric rice cooker instead of pressure cooker? After Step 2, can we transfer the mixture to the electric cooker which contains rice with water? Can we do that?

    Thanks
    Aparna

    Yes, you can transfer contents to the electric rice cooker at the time of adding water.

  21. pr117 on October 22nd, 2009 at 4:24 am:

    Hi Sailugaru,
    Excellent. The way you present a dish is awesome. I prepare this dish with basmathi rice and garnish with kaju. Or Kaju can be added before onions& chillies, saute for a minute. Don’t call it a simple dish. It’s a big hit with all my friends during parties.It’s different than other pulavs& Biryanies.. Can be Served with chicken gravy curry and onion raita.
    Thanks again

  22. Shubha on October 22nd, 2009 at 4:58 am:

    Hi Sailu,
    Very Happy Deepavali to u n ur family… I make tomato rice similar to this recipe with exception that I do not use curry leaves and pudina but use green peas and little bit of garam masala pwdr. But will definitely try this recipe next time…Also, I use more cloves like u… as u rightly said, cloves enhance taste of tomato rice….

  23. kichu on October 23rd, 2009 at 7:12 pm:

    hi sailu,
    could u pls tell me what kind of rice u used in this recipe?….
    thanks and regards,

    I use Basmati. You can use any type of rice.

  24. sudhamandava on October 26th, 2009 at 6:35 am:

    Hi Sailu garu, can i use tomato puree instead of tomato pieces?

    Chopped tomato is best but you could use a cup of tomato puree for the above recipe.

  25. JOSH on October 28th, 2009 at 12:43 pm:

    Dear Sailu garu,
    just made the tomato rice…came amazingly well. Wish I made more of it!! Thanks for the easy and quick recipe.
    Cheers
    JOSH

  26. rangachari on November 5th, 2009 at 5:41 am:

    dear madam,

    your items are very tasty and very helpful to my wife while cooking.

    thanking you,

    rangachari

  27. keerthi on November 23rd, 2009 at 9:02 am:

    sailu gaaru,
    Mee vantalanni simply marvellous
    vanta raani naa laanti vallaku maargadarshi mee blog
    u r really superb
    Looking fwd for more frm u

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