Tomato Rice

Tomato rice is  a mouth watering recipe can be made quickly and easily. I make this often when i run out of vegetables. Taking along with  chalna make a wonderful combination.

Serving for 2

Ingredients

Tomatoes                 4 nos( Chopped to small pieces)

Basmathi rice           1 1/2 cups

Onion( chopped)      1 cup( 1 small size onion)              

Ginger garlic paste   2 tsp

Greenchili                  5 nos

Bay leaf                     3 nos

Cinnamon                 1 stick

Cloves                       3 nos

Fennel seeds            1 tsp

Lemon juice             1 tsp

Turmeric                  1 pinch

Cumin powder         1/2 tsp

Corrinder powder    1/2 tsp 
Garam masala         a pinch
Chicken masala        a pinch

Red chili powder      1/4 tsp
Mint                          few
Corrinder leaves      few

Oil                            3 tsp

Salt                          1 tsp

To Grind

Ginger garlic paste ( 8 garlic+1 inch ginger)

Method

• Add oil in  a pan, when hot add cloves,cinnamon fennel seeds and bay leaves.
• Add Onions, Chili, mint  and grounded paste stir untill raw smell disappear.
• Add tomatoes  and saute for few min.
• Add  coriander powder ,cumin powder ,turmeric powder ,red chili powder, gram masala, chicken masala and salt  then saute until tomatoes are fully cooked.( it takes 15 min to cook.)
• Saute until  u find the oil leaking out of gravy.(we can store the gravy and use it as a paste to mix with rice.) 
• Add basmathi rice  ( soaked for 10 min and fry with ghee in a pan to take out the moisture).
• Add lemon juice and mix well.
• Water for any basmathi cooking is 1:11/2.  1 cup of rice with 11/2 cup of water
• Pressure cook for  one whistle.
• Serve hot with Raita. 

Tips

For better taste add coconut milk before pressure cooking.