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Tomato Rice Recipe
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Tomato Rice Rice with Step by Step Images, TIPS and Video
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

Tomato rice recipe is one of the easy and spicy delicious South Indian rice recipes. Learn how to make this recipe with step by step image instruction along with tips and video.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Andhra, Indian
Keyword: Tomato Rice Recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 380 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • Tomatoes – 1 bowl. 4 Large sizes
  • Rice – 1 bowl 250 gms.
  • Water – required qty.
  • Oil – 7 tbsp.
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tbsp.
  • Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp.
  • Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
  • Green chillies – 2 No.
  • Onions – ½ bowl. 2 Large sizes
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 ½ tbsp.
  • Salt – 2 tbsp.
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tbsp.
  • Sambar powder – 2 tbsp.
Instructions
  1. While making this recipe we can use either previously cooked rice or instantly cooked rice.
  2. As I am not left with any rice, I am cooking fresh rice.
  3. Clean rice and put it in a rice cooker add water to it at ratio rice:water=1:2 (based on the age of rice).
  4. Note: If rice is not older than 2 years then we need to decrease water or else rice grains may be sticky.
  5. Once the rice is done, transfer it to another wide vessel and let it cool to get non-sticky grains.
  6. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, green chillies, curry leaves and mix well.
  7. Add finely chopped onions and cook them on medium flame till they turn soft.
  8. Put ginger garlic paste and stir till its raw flavour is cooked.
  9. Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, and salt. Cook for 5 minutes with lid covered till tomatoes turn soft.
  10. Sprinkle sambar powder and mix well.
  11. Add rice and mix gently, add coriander leaves and mix well.
  12. Garnish Tomato Rice Recipe with coriander leaves accompanied by yoghurt-based salad.

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