Tomato Rice with Jeeraga Samba Rice | Thakkali Satham

Tomato rice,the quick & easy to prepare one pot meal.I have seen many people who are very crazy about tomato rice including ST, but i'm not big fan of it. I prepared this rice only if ST insist me to make.One time, when i prepared this rice, i had used jeeraga samba rice(normally i use basmati rice, that time i ran out of basmati rice in my pantry) and the tomato rice turned out so flavorful. The unique aroma from the jeeraga samba rice goes well with the tomato flavor and even i liked it so much.
After that, if it's tomato rice, then it should be prepared with jeeraga samba rice.Trust me on this & try it , you must be amazed by the flavor of the rice.From start to end, it hardly take around 20 to 25 mins to make this rice including chopping.As the rice itself is so flavorful,you don't need any side dish, simple onion raita and some chips are enough for this rice.But today i have prepared egg pepper masala along with raita and the lunch was so yummy.

Tomato Rice with Jeeraga Samba Rice

Preparation Time : 05 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Rice | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Jeeraga Samba Rice - 1 cup
Tomatoes(large) - 2 
Onion(small) - 1 
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
Cloves - 3
Cardamom - 2
Cashews(broken) - 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Green Chili - 1
Red chili powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 
Coriander & mint leaves - handful
Ghee + Oil - 1 tsp + 1 tsp
Water - 11/2 cup
Salt - to taste

Procedure

Cut the onions lengthwise and tomatoes into small pieces,slit the green chili and keep it ready. Heat the pressure cooker with ghee & oil,add cloves,cinnamon ,cardamom & saute for 30 secs.Then add cashews and roast till it becomes golden brown and then add onions & green chili,saute till the onion become translucent and add tomatoes. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute till the tomatoes becomes mushy and then add the roughly chopped coriander and mint leaves & mix it well.Add the water followed by spices(red chili & turmeric powder) & salt,bring it to boil.Wash &  drain the rice and add into boiling water,cover the cooker with lid and put on weight and cook for 3 whistle.Switch off the flame.That's it, Tomato Rice is ready.Serve it with raita and chips.We had it with raita and egg pepper masala.

Notes:

• Ginger garlic paste, mint leaves and the jeeraga samba rice gives very good aroma to this dishes,if you want more flavor, add 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
• Use well ripped tomatoes for this rice.
• If you're in  India,use the bangalore variety tomatoes.That has mild sourness and it's best suitable for this rice.
• Here i'm using Roma Tomatoes.