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Tomato Rice Recipe
Tomato Rice is very simple, flavor packed rice for your quick lunch/dinner. This wonderful spicy, tangy rice takes under 30 minutes to get it ready! For your daily dose of carbs try this South Indian style tomato rice.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Calories:
461 kcal
Course:
Side Dish, Main Course
Cuisine:
Indian
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup rice use long grain basmati rice or short grain raw rice
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 3 tomato skin peeled and pureed, medium sized, blanched
- 2 onion large
- 2 tomato chopped
- 3 green chili pepper slit in the center, large
- 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
- 2 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ cup green peas (optional)
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- 1 star anise
- 1 bay leaf small
- salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon Coriander or cliantro
- 3 tablespoon mint leaves
Instructions
- In a pan add oil and allow to heat. Once oil is hot add the whole spices mentioned above. Next add onions and green chillies and saute till onions turn translucent.
- Ginger-garlic paste goes in and saute till raw smell of the paste is gone.
- Add chopped tomatoes,cook until tomatoes are mushy. In goes the blanched tomato puree and cook until you see oil separating from the edges of the pan.
- Green peas goes in and cook for a minute.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, salt cook for a minute.
- Put chopped coriander and mint leaves and cook until fragrant.
- Reduce heat to low, add cooked rice and mix gently until all rice is coated in masala well.
- Add a little hot water about 2 to 3 teaspoon. Cover the pan with lid and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Yummy tangy tomato rice bath is ready. Serve hot with any onion raita or just as it is.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
461kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
73g
(24%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
15g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
9mg
(3%)
Sodium
146mg
(6%)
Potassium
609mg
(13%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
1890IU
(38%)
Vitamin C
37.6mg
(42%)
Calcium
68mg
(7%)
Iron
1.9mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 461
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 461kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 73g | 24% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 146mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 609mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 1890IU | 38% |
| Vitamin C | 37.6mg | 42% |
| Calcium | 68mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1.9mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.