RECIPE: Tomato rice

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An easy-to-make rice dish. I serve it with an Indian vegetable (gravy or dry)

and fried poppadoms, or sometimes as a side dish for cheesy enchiladas when I

make Mexican food.

 

TOMATO RICE

Ingredients:

 

2 cups basmati rice, cooked al dente and cooled

6 large ripe tomatoes, chopped finely or pureed

2 onions, finely sliced

1 tsp black mustard seeds

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp chilli powder or 2 fresh green chillies, chopped (add more or less,

according to taste)

Salt to taste

4 tsp Oil

a few curry leaves (optional)

2 tbsp chopped cilantro for garnish

handful of roasted peanuts or cashewnuts for added crunch (optional, not reqd

for Mexican-based meals)

 

Method:

 

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, put in the mustard seeds, cover and let them pop.

 

2. Then add the chillies or chilli powder, cumin seeds and curry leaves, and fry

for 30 seconds or until the cumin seeds begin to turn colour.

 

3. Add the sliced onions and fry until they turn soft and transparent, then add

the coriander powder.

 

4. Now put in the tomatoes and add salt to taste. Bring this to a boil, then

lower the heat and simmer the mixture until the tomatoes reduce to a thick

sauce. Stir often to help the water content evaporate quicker.

 

5. Add as much of this mixture to the rice as required, mixing it in carefully

with a big fork so that the tomato paste coats every grain. Sprinkle with the

chopped cilantro and scatter the nuts (if using) over the surface of the rice.

Serve hot.

 

This recipe serves 4.

 

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