Heat oil in a frying pan and add all the ingredients mentioned under ‘For Tadka’ session
Let them splutter. Add slit green chilli,ginger garlic & saute for a minute
At this stage add onions ,continue sauteing until onions become translucent
Later add tomatoes, salt, turmeric and other spice powders
Lower the flame and keep sauteing. The tomatoes will release water and they will start shrinking. It will approximately take 5 minutes
At this stage add 1/4 cup of water and a tbsp of yogurt. Mix everything well.Adding yogurt gives a lovely tangy taste to tomato rice
Though the onion+tomato mix looks split after adding yogurt, you need not worry about that. It will not affect the taste of your rice. Just make sure that you don’t add too much of yogurt
Add frozen peas as well & let the whole mixture boil for about 3-4 minutes
Add 2 cups of cooked rice. It could be your normal Ponni Rice (Raw Rice) or Basmati Rice
Using a fork mix everything together Adjust salt and cook it further until the rice has absorbed all the moisture from Tomato
Then remove from pan and serve it along with veggies of your choice
I served it with a simple onion raita & pan fried okra
Tomato Rice was last modified: February 10th, 2017 by