tomato rice

I credit my mom for teaching me this quick and delicious recipe.  An easy dish that you can make in about half an hour, it can be served with a salad and/or with papad.

 

Ingredients:

2 medium tomatoes

1 cup basmati rice ( wash your rice)

Cumin seeds (jeera)

1 tsp trumeric powder

1tsp chilli powder( you can omit this if you don’t like spicy)

I tbsp oil

Salt

 

Preparation:

1. Dice the tomatoes, into cubes (see image)
2. Take a pot which has a lid ( if you don’t have a pot with a lid you can use a plate to cover your pot)
3. heat 1tablespoon oil in the pot.
4. After the oil is hot add the cumin seeds and they will sputter a bit.
5. Next add the tomatoes and stir them around, cook them for about 4-5 minutes on medium heat, you will see them release their water.
6. Add 1 tsp turmeric and 1 tsp chili powder and salt to taste
7. Next add the one cup of rice and stir gently.
8. Add 1 and 3/4 cups of water ( normally the proportion to rice and water is 1:2 but since tomatoes release water  you want to add slightly less than 2 cups for the 1 cup of rice so it does not get too wet)
9. stir and cover the pot – reduce heat to low/simmer
10. Let it cook for around 15 minutes – you will start to smell the rice.
11. turn off the stove and let sit for 10 minutes
12. Garnish with some finely chopped cilantro.

That’s it , super easy and simple tomato rice.