Easy tomato rice recipe | how to make tomato rice | thakali rice

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 2 servings
  • Category: Breakfast, rice
  • Cuisine: south indian

Ingredients

  • 3 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1 tsp cumin / jeera
  • ½ tsp urad dal
  • ½ tsp chana dal
  • few fenugreek / methi
  • 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
  • 4 cloves
  • few curry leaves
  • few cashew / kaju
  • 1 onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 green chilli (slit)
  • ¼ tsp ginger paste
  • 2 tomato (finely chopped)
  • ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
  • ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp coriander powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp mint / pudina (chopped)
  • 2 cup rice (cooked)
  • 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)

Method

  1. firstly, in a large kadai heat 3 tsp oil and splutter tempering.
  2. also, saute few cashews until golden brown.
  3. add 1 onion, 1 green chilli, ¼ tsp ginger paste and saute well.
  4. now add 2 tomatoes and saute until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
  5. additionally add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp salt and 2 tbsp mint leaves.
  6. saute and cook for a minute.
  7. furthermore, add 2 cups cooked rice and mix gently.
  8. cover and simmer for 5 minutes to absorb all masala.
  9. finally, serve tomato rice with raita of your choice.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.