South Indian Tomato Rice
South Indian Tomato Rice

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, south indian tomato rice. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Thakkali Sadam is a popular rice dish from the Tamil Nadu cuisine. It is a slightly spicy rice dish that is made with tomato, spices and rice. In the Tamil language, ' thakkali ' means tomato and ' sadam ' is rice.

South Indian Tomato Rice is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. South Indian Tomato Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have south indian tomato rice using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make South Indian Tomato Rice:
  1. Make ready 2 cup Cooked Rice (Basmati)
  2. Take 2 Tomatoes (Chopped)
  3. Get 1 Onion (Chopped)
  4. Make ready 1 tsp Ghee
  5. Get 1 tsp Oil
  6. Get 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
  7. Make ready 1 tsp Urad Dal
  8. Take 1 tsp Chana Dal
  9. Prepare 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp Fennel Seeds
  11. Take 2 Cinnamon Sticks
  12. Get 1 Bay Leaf
  13. Prepare 4-5 Garlic cloves (Minced)
  14. Make ready 2 Green Chillies (Slited)
  15. Make ready 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
  16. Make ready 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
  17. Get To taste Salt

This is so easy and versatile. In school days, my mom used to pack this in our lunch box. Add the tomato puree to the pan. Wash the mixie with half a cup of water and add it to the pan.

Steps to make South Indian Tomato Rice:
  1. Heat the oil and ghee in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon sticks and bay leaf.
  2. Add urad dal and chana dal and saute till the dals turn golden in colour.
  3. Add the onions alongwith the green chillies.
  4. Let the onions saute to a golden brown and then add the garlic, cumin powder and turmeric powder. Saute for 30 seconds for the garlic to get toasted.
  5. Now add the tomatoes and salt and cook on low flame.
  6. When the tomatoes begin to cook and turn soft, mash it with a vegetable masher. In about 5-7 minutes you have a mushy tomato paste mixture.
  7. Turn off the heat. Add the cooked rice.
  8. Mix well and let the rice sit for atleast 30 minutes before serving.
  9. Serve tomato rice warm with raita or any vegetable curry of your choice. Some chips or papad will go well with it.

Slit the green chillies and add it to the pan. Close the pan with a lid and simmer for ten minutes on a low flame. South Indian style Tomato Rice with lots of spices! This is favorite way to make tomato rice, it tastes so good with pickle and a side of yogurt! It's also known as Thakkali Sadam in Tamil.

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