Tomato Rice

• Cooked Rice - 3 cups
• Onion cut - 2 tblsp
• Tomato - 4
• Oil - 3 tblsp
• Urid dal - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 7-8
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Channa Dal - 1 tblsp (optional)
• Turmeric Powder - 1/8 tsp
• Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp for medium spicy and 1 tsp for extra spicy
• Ground fennel seeds (sombu) - 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Tomato puree - 1 tsp (optional )

1. Cut the onion and tomatoes. Grind 1/2 a tsp of fennel seeds if you are adding.
2. Warm up the cooked rice if it is cold and leave it on a wide dish so that it will be to be easier for stirring.
3. Heat a 1 ltr pan on a stove.
4. Pour oil into the pan.
5. When the oil is hot enough, add urid dal, curry leaves, chilli and channa dal.
6. Fry for a minute. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, ground fennel seeds, chopped onion and tomatoes.
7. Add the tomato puree now if you like the rice to taste a bit sour.
8. Let it cook until the oil separates out and the tomatoes are cooked well and become a thick sauce.
9. Pour this mixture to the dish of cooked rice.
10. Stir well.
11. Tomato Rice is ready to be eaten.

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