Tomato rice recipe ( Thakkali sadam )
Tomato rice recipe is a famous south indian rice recipe. In tamil language, this tomato bath recipe is also known as thakkali sadam. Must try this quick and delicious tomato rice for your family.
Ingredients
Tomato rice ingredients
- 10 to 12 cashew
- 25 grams peanut
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 4 clove
- 4 cardamom
- 2 inch cinnamon
- 1 small bay leaf
- 2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 teaspoon mustard seed
- 10 to 12 fresh curry leaves
- Pinch of hing
- 250 grams basmati rice
- 700 ml water to cook
- 3 large tomato puree
- 1 large size onion [ thinly sliced ]
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
- 3 chopped green chili
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preparation for tomato bath
- At first for preparing tomato bath thoroughly wash basmati rice then soak in water for at least 30 min.
- Now melt butter in a pan and saute cashew and peanut till they are crunchy.
Gravy for thakkali sadam
- Now for cooking gravy for thakkali sadam in the same pan saute clove, cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf, cumin seed, and mustard seed.
- Next fresh curry leaves, pinch of hing stir them till crisp.
- After that cook thinly sliced onion till light golden brown.
- Furthermore add chopped green chili , ginger garlic paste and saute more till the raw smell disappear.
- Now pour tomato puree along with a pinch of salt and cook till it thickens.
- Next add turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and fennel seed.
- Cook until the raw smell of tomatoes is gone and oil starts releasing from masala.
- Now pour water add pinch of salt and bring it to a rolling boil.
- how to make tomato rice
- Now for making tomato rice recipe add drained basmati rice to this tomato gravy.
- Cover and cook tomato rice on low flame until all water is absorbed and rice is cooked properly it takes 10 to 15 min depending upon your container.
- Finally, add some roasted nuts and mix them properly with tomato rice.
Notes
Tomato Rice Recipe Note
- If you don't have fresh tomatoes then you can easily add 250 grams canned tomatoes.
Nutrition
Serving: 3g | Calories: 246kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 186mg | Fiber: 2g