Tomato Rice

It was a very long lazing around day, shopping, visiting friends & when we were back home evening had rolled around, & I was too tired to cook anything elaborate. So thought I'll make something instant with the leftover plain rice!!

Left-over rice is always a great start to make new varieties of rice such as lemon rice, tamarind rice, curd rice or even Chinese fried rice! Another one which we both like is tomato rice.

So here’s my recipe for tangy mildly spicy tomato rice!


Ingredients:

2 cup leftover rice
1 inch piece cinnamons stick
2 cloves
2- 3 bay leaves
2 cardamoms
3-4 whole black peppers
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1tsp udit dal
1 small onion cut length wise
2 tomatoes cut length wise
1/4 tsp chili powder
2 tsp of coriander finely chopped
8-10 broken cashew nuts
2 tsp oil
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp sugar

Procedure

• Heat oil in a pan .
• Sauté cinnamons stick, cloves, cardamom, udit dal,cumin,cashews & bay leaves.
• When you get the aroma add onions, fry until they are light golden brown, add tomatoes and fry until it becomes soft.
• Now add salt sugar & chili powder & sauté it for another minute or 2.
• Add the rice & stir properly till the rice is well coated with the mixture.
• Cook with the lid for few more minutes on low heat till the moisture is absorbed.
• Once the rice is cooked, check for salt and adjust as per your taste.
• Now garnish it with coriander & its ready to eat.