Tomato Rice

This is very easy to make and tastes great too.

Ingredients:

• 3 medium tomatoes chopped
• 1 1/2 cups basmati rice
• 2 tbsp ghee or cooking oil
• 2 medium onions finely chopped
• 3-4 green chilies finely chopped
• 4-5 curry leaves
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp lime juice
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• ½ mustard seeds
• chopped cilantro to garnish

Method:

• Drain the rice which were soaked for 15 minutes.
• Heat the ghee in a thick bottom pan. Add cumin and mustard seeds. When spluttering stops add curry leaves and onion and fry till onion turn light brown.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste , stir fry for another 2-3 minutes on low flame.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and all the spices with salt. Stir fry for another 4-5 minutes till oil separates.
• Now add the rice and fry or another couple of minutes.
• Add 3 cups of water. Add the lime juice and more salt if needed.
• Cook on low heat till rice is ready.
• Garnish with cilantro and serve hot.

Do You Know?

Canned tomatoes are available in several different forms. The traditional forms are whole peeled tomatoes (packed in juice or puree); ground (sometimes referred to as "kitchen-ready", and not to be confused with puree, which is similar but more cooked); crushed tomatoes, made by adding the ground tomatoes to a heavy medium made from tomato paste; diced tomatoes, which are chunkier. In recent years, the Petite Diced form have become the fastest growing segment of canned tomatoes.