Tomato rice is mainly a comfort food for me. When I am in hurry or lazy; I love to have some simple classic dishes like tomato rice, curd rice and lemon rice. Tomato rice and curd rice are more appreciated in my home than any other rice. You need only a raita and a pickle to enjoy these two dishes.
A single tomato carries higher percentage of vitamin c, potassium, iron, vitamin A, and lycopene. Lycopene is an antioxidant which stops and prevents free radical cells from forming in our body thus possibly preventing cancer. It is considered to be one of the healthiest vegetables. So consuming tomato every day is important as well as it help to maintain a healthy life style.
Yesterday I haven’t prepared any curries, only cooked rice, thinking that I have some curry left in fridge, so I can have for my lunch, as hubby had some meeting and was not coming for lunch. Around noon I opened the fridge, and realized I had no curry for lunch. I then debated on making curd rice or tomato rice; finally tomato rice won the race. I decided to make this dish. I made tomato rice with modification from this recipe.
What you need
Cooked rice: 2 cup ( I used rosematta rice)
Tomato: 4 no
Onion: 1 no
Green chili: 1 no (I used Serrano pepper)
Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
Curry leaves: 12 no (I haven’t used as I have none in my hand)
Spice powder: 2 tablespoon (If you need more spiciness use entire powder)
Mustard seeds: ½ teaspoon
Roasted peanuts: ¼ cup
Salt: ½ teaspoon or to taste
Gingerly oil. 11/2 tablespoon
Spice powder
Red chilies: 4 no
Coriander seeds: 1 tablespoon
Bengal gram dal/Channa dal: 1 tablespoon
Black gram dal/ Urad dal; ½ tablespoon
Fenugreek seeds: ⅛ teaspoon
Asafetodia: ¼ teaspoon
How I made
Preparation time: 40 minutes
Yield: 4 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: I will
Swathi
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Tina says
Easy and yummy rice...
Swathi says
Vrinda, Kalai, Devi, SE, Siddhi, Priya, Rachana, Sushma, Kahugiri, Ramya, Aruna, thanks for stopping by
ARUNA says
I loved the first pic, looks cute!
Ramya Vijaykumar says
The rice grains look so beautiful and the tomato covering them is simply delicious and makes one want for more... nice presentation!!!
Khaugiri says
Hey, I have also posted Tomato rice today....but with some diffrence:)
Sushma Mallya says
Thats a nice click and looks really delicious too..
Rachana Kothari says
delicious tomato rice and a great entry for the event!
Priya says
Such a delicious tomato rice, with spice powder sounds interesting..Thanks for sending to CWS..
Siddhi S says
wow this tomato rice luks very delicious...nice n healthy recipe
SE says
wow...looks delicious..thanks for sending the entry !!
Devi Meyyappan says
wow.. nice recipe:).. and beautiful presentation!!:)
Kalai says
Am glad tomato rice won the race:) Beautiful click! Well-deserved tomato Rice!
Vrinda says
tomato rice with matta rice,i am in....gr8 shot and tempting look......