�Tomato Rice Recipe:Tomato rice is a very tasty dish. Tomato rice can be prepared and eaten at any time. If you are bored of eating simple rice, then this time you can try tomato rice. The specialty of this recipe is that it is liked by adults as well as children. Tomato rice can also be kept in children's tiffin box. Delicious tomato rice is also very easy to make and can be prepared in a very short time. It is best to use ripe tomatoes to make tomato rice. If you also want to make tomato rice at home, then you can make it by following easy steps. Let us know the easy recipe of making tomato rice.

Ingredients for Tomato Rice

Cooked rice – 2 cups

Tomato finely chopped- 2

Onion finely chopped- 1

Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp

Chana dal – 1/2 tsp

Urad dal – 1/2 tsp

Green chilli – 1

Mustard – 1 tsp

Cumin – 1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds – 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Cloves – 3-4

Turmeric – 1/4 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp

Chopped cashew nuts – 1 tablespoon

Curry leaves – 1 tbsp

Chopped mint leaves – 2 tbsp

Green coriander chopped – 2 tbsp

Oil – 1-2 tbsp

Salt – as per taste

Tomato Rice Recipe

To make tomato rice full of taste, first cut mint leaves and green coriander leaves into fine pieces. After this, cut cashew nuts into pieces. Now add 2 tbsp oil in a pan and heat it. After the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, gram dal, urad dal and fry. After a few seconds, add fenugreek seeds and curry leaves to the pan and fry. After this, add cashew pieces to the pan and fry them until they turn golden brown.

Now finely chop the onion and add it to the pan and fry on medium flame until it turns light brown. After this, add green chilli and ginger paste in the pan and fry while stirring with a spoon. After this, add fine pieces of tomato in the pan and cook till it becomes soft. Once the tomatoes become soft, add turmeric, red chilli powder, coriander powder, mint leaves and salt as per taste and cook while mixing.

When all the ingredients of the pan are cooked well, add cooked rice to it and cook while stirring with a spoon. Now cover the pan and cook the rice for 5 minutes. During this time, keep stirring the rice with a spoon from time to time. After this turn off the gas. Delicious tomato rice is ready. It can be served with chutney or curd.