TOMATO RICE

INGREDIENTS :

Onion - 1

Tomamtoes - 4 to 5 medium

Rice - 3 1/2 cups

Coconut - 1/2 cup

cashew nuts - Whole 10 to 12

Corriender - half bunch

Green chillies - 13 to 15 small

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Bay Leaf - 2

Cinamon - 1/2 inch

Cloves - 6

Black pepper - 1/2 tsp

Star Anise seeds - 1

Cardomam seeds - 1/2 tsp

Dhana - Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Salt - As per taste

Water - For cooking rice

PROCESS :

- Wash rice drain water and keep a side.

- Heat oil and butter in a pan, add Jeera and anise seeds.

- Add chopped onions Ginger garlic paste and fry till transplant.

- Make a paste of coconut, cashew nuts and green chillies.

- Grind a masala powder of cinamon stick, cloves and cardomam seeds.

- Add chopped tomatoes cover and cook untill the juice come out from tomatoes.

- Remove the lid and cook untill the water gets evaporated.

- Add the coconut paste to the mixture. Cover and cook untill the oil comes out.

- Add a bay leaf and masala powder.

- Now slowly add washed rice required amount of salt and dhana jeera powder.

- Mix them and leave on the stove for 2 min on a low flame.

- Transfer it to a rice cooker and add 7 cups of water.

- Garnish with fried onions serve hot with a onion raita.