Tomato Rice Recipe | Thakkali Sadam
Tomato Rice is a tasty, tangy and spicy rice meal made using tomato, spices and mixing it with cooked rice. Tomato rice is served with raita, papad and makes a good choice for travel & lunch box. This can be made under 30 mins and one of the quickest rice dish that you can make!
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 3 medium sized tomatoes
- salt to taste as required
- 12-15 nos small onions
- 5 pearls garlic halved
- 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
To Temper:
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon jeera
- 1 inch cinnamon piece
- 2 nos cloves
- 2 nos green chilli slitted
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- Get ready with your ingredients.
- Heat 2 tablespoon gingelly oil add 1 inch cinnamon, 2 pieces cloves then add 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds. Let it splutter.
- Add few curry leaves and 5 pieces garlic and 2 pieces green chillies slitted. Give a quick saute.
- Add small onions along with salt and 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder. Saute for 2 mins.
- Then add tomatoes roughly chopped. Saute until slightly mushy.
- Cook covered for 3 mins or until tomatoes are completely cooked and mushy.
- Open and keep cooking in low flame. Keep cooking until its thick.
- Cook until oil seperates and no moisture is seen. The mixture should not be saucey it should like a thokku.Cool down the mixture for 10 mins.
- Then add cooked rice. Mix gently without breaking the rice.
- Mix well until well combined. Tomato rice is ready.
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Notes
- I have used normal plain rice, you can use basmati rice too.
- You can grind the tomatoes to a coarse paste too and proceed with the remaining steps. But the flavor and taste changes with pureed tomatoes.
- I have not cut small onion have used it as such as they were small. If you have slightly big then just half it.
- Make sure the tomato mix/sauce is cooked well and does not have moisture at all.It should be more like a thokku. If the tomato mix is saucey or watery it may make the rice mushy when mixed.
- Always cool down cooked rice before adding.
- Leftover plain cooked rice can be made to Tomato rice for kids after they return from school or for the next day lunch or for making varieties of rice for a good spread of lunch.
- Avoid using canned tomatoes, sauces as a substitute for fresh tomatoes as it may change the taste completely.
- Tip for cooking tomato: Since tomatoes are acidic, they are reactive to iron making the rice bitter & metallic. Stainless steel or ceramic pans can be used.
- Cooking tomato with rice in a pan together (instead of cooking rice separately & blending) making it as a Tomato Bath
- You can add cooked veggies like carrot, potato, gobi, beans etc to make it as more filling.
- Add ghee fried cashews for making it special & tastier.
Nutrition Facts
Tomato Rice Recipe | Thakkali Sadam
Amount Per Serving (125 g)
Calories 380
Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Fat 15g23%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 9g
Sodium 57mg2%
Potassium 536mg15%
Carbohydrates 55g18%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 1925IU39%
Vitamin C 227mg275%
Calcium 98mg10%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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