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Tomato Rice

Recently I purchased electric rice cooker. Even though I like the rice cooked in pressure cooker, thought let me try making few items with rice cooked from electric rice cooker :-).  (Just to feel that I have not wasted money in buying it when I have cooker)

Ingredients

• 2 cups Rice
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp chana dal
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 1 tsp of cumin seeds (Jeera)
• 50 gms  Cashew nuts
• 2 medium Onion (cut into pieces)
• 2 to 3 Green chilies (slit)
• 4 to 5 Tomatoes (cut into pieces)
• 1 tsp Chilly powder OR 2- Red Chilli
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric
• 1 piece Ginger (grated)
• 4 flakes Garlic (grated) OR 1/2 tsp asafetida powder (Hing)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp garam masala powder OR 1tsp sambar powder (optional)
• 3 tbsp Oil/butter/ghee
• 2 tsps coriander Leaves – chopped

How to make Tomato Rice: 

• Wash and soak rice for 15 minutes in warm water before cooking the rice. To cook rice where every grain is absolutely separate from each other, just add few drops of oil or ghee while cooking. Keep aside the cooked rice.
• In a frying pan, add red chili, mustard seed, urad dal, chana dal, cumin seeds fry in oil for a minute.
• Add cashew nut and fry till cashew nuts becomes golden brown color.
• Add ginger, garlic (or asafetida powder) fry for a minute and add green chilies and onions.
• Fry till onion turns light brown. Add tomato pieces to it.
• Now add salt, chilly powder (if you have not added red chili), and turmeric to it.
• Add garam masala or sambar powder (Optional).
• After tomatoes are cooked for 3 to 4 minutes, add rice to it and stir.
• Cover the lid and cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.