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Tomato Rice



This is my 150th recipe to my blog. So this recipe is very special for me.It came out wonderful .So i am sharing it with all of you.Please do try this and let me know. :-)


Ingredients :
  1. Basmati Rice  - 2 1/2  Cups
  2. Onions -  2  Nos cut lengthwise
  3. Onions - 2 Nos  cut lengthwise for frying.
  4. Tomato for making puree- 5 Nos
  5. Green chilly- 2 Nos 
  6. Tomato chopped into cubes for garnishing- 1 No
  7. Tomato Sauce- 1 tbsp
  8. Ginger Garlic patse - freshly prepared- 1 tbsp
  9. Bayleaves- 2 Nos
  10. Star Anise- 2 No
  11. Cloves- 10 Nos
  12. Cardamon - 3 Nos
  13. Cashewnuts - 10 Nos
  14. Raisins  - 10 Nos
  15. Garam Masala- 1 and a half tbsp
  16. Jeera powder- 1 tsp
  17. Chopped coriander - 1 Cup
  18. Salt as required.
  19. Lemon drops - 1 tsp
  20. Ghee- 2 tbsp
  21. Oil - 2 tbsp
How to Cook .
  1. Clean the basmati rice and soak in water for 15 minutes.
  2. Drain out the water and keep the rice aside.
  3. Puree the tomatoes with greenchilles in a mixie and keep this aside.
  4. Add 1 tbsp ghee and fry the cashewnuts and raisins , keep this aside.
  5. Add 1 tbsp oil and fry the onions , keep this aside.
  6. Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan and  fry the cloves , cardamon , star anise and the bayleaves.
  7. Now add the onions ,  saute the onions till it turn brown in colour.
  8. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell of it goes.
  9. Add the  garam masala, jeera powder ,  stir fry of 2 minutes.
  10. Add the tomato -green chilly puree , tomato sauce and cook in low flame till the oil start to appear across the sides.( this will take sometime )
  11. Add the cleaned rice , 1 tbsp ghee , coriander leaves chopped and stir fry the rice for 15 minutes.
  12. Add half of the fried onions , cashewnuts and raisins to the rice.
  13. Add  5 cups of water , salt and bring to boil .
  14. When it come to boil add the lemon drops close the pan and cook in low flame for 30 minutes.( Please do check after 20 minutes whether the rice is cooked, sometimes it might take little more longer. I took approximately around 30 minutes)
  15. After the  rice is cooked garnish with fried cashewnuts, raisins , chopped tomatoes and coriander leaves.

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