Tomato Rice (Thakkali Sadam)

Tomato rice is very much suitable for lunch box and is a favorite dish of children too. Though many variations of tomato rice is available, I have prepared it in the authentic way. In my home, even onion is not used in this recipe but I have added one onion.

Serves: 4

Cooking time: 30 minutes approximately

Ingredients

• Cooked rice – 4 cups
• Tomato – 5 no
• Onion – 1 no
• Green chilli – 2 no
• Ginger – small piece
• Turmeric – ¼ tea spoon
• Red chilli powder – ½ tea spoon
• Coriander powder – ½ tea spoon
• Salt – as per taste
• For seasoning
  • Bengal gram – 1 tea spoon
  • Urad dal – ½ tea spoon
  • Mustard – ½ tea spoon
  • Red chilli – 2 no
  • Asafetida – 2 pinch
  • Curry and coriander leaves – few
  • Sesame oil/ any other oil – 2 tea spoon

Method

Step 1

• Cook rice, as such the cooked grains are separated well and not sticky.
• Chop onion, tomato, ginger, green chilli, curry and coriander leaves.
• Heat a pan with oil , add mustard, then Bengal gram, urad dal, asafetida, broken red chilli; then add chopped curry, coriander leaves; add onion, ginger,  green chilli chopped; fry till onion is transparent.
• Add chopped tomatoes, fry for 2 minutes; add all dry powders given and salt; cook until tomatoes are soft and mashed with spatula.

Step 2

• Switch of flame, then add cooked rice, mix well gently.

• Colourful tomato rice is ready; serve with any dry vegetable fry, pachadi and papad.

Tips

• If rice is not cooked with grains separated, do not worry; cool the rice below fan, then apply few drops of oil and gently mix; you get cooked grains separated which is suitable for all fried rices.