Tomato Rice
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Cooked Rice made into tastier packed lunch.
Preparation Time : 5 mins

Cooking Time : 10 mins

Serves : 2
Ingredients:
  • 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 )
Method:
  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.
Notes:
Goes well with <a href="/recipes/Potato-fry">Potato fry</a>, <a href="/recipes/fried-boiled-egg">Fried boiled egg</a>, Chicken 65, <a href="/recipes/Prawn-fry">Prawn fry</a> or <a href="/recipes/Spicy-fish-fry">Fish fry</a>.