Tomato Rice

Ingredients :-

• Rice - 1 cup (Basmati Rice /you can take any rice)
• Tomato - 4 Medium finely chopped 
• Ginger and Garlic paste - 1tbsp
• Onion - 2 Medium finely chopped 
• Green chilli - 2 chopped 
• Chilli powder -1tbsp
• Turmeric powder -1/2tbsp
• Salt as per taste 
• Oil
• Mustard seeds - 1tbsp
• Cinnamon - 1piece
• Cardamom - 2 pieces 
• Cloves - 2-3 pieces 
• Curry leaves - 1string
• Crushed black pepper - 1/2tbsp
• Coriander powder - 1/2tbsp
• Cumin powder - 1/2tbsp
• Water

Method :-

• First wash the rice with water and soak the rice with water for 10-20mints.
• Then drain the rice and keep aside.
• Then take a pan or a pressure cooker and heat 2tbsp of oil keep the flame on low and add the mustard seeds and let it be crackle them, then add the curry leaves and sauté it for few minutes.
• Then add the chopped onions and cinnamon,cardamom,cloves and sauté it till the onions turn transparent.
• Then add the ginger and garlic paste,chopped green chilli  and sauté it nicely till the raw smell will go off.
• Now add the finely chopped tomatoes,salt,turmeric powder,chili powder,coriander powder,cumin powder,crushed black pepper powder and mix it very nicely and if you required you can add very little water also.
• Mix the masala properly and sauté it till the tomatoes should soften and become pulpy and start oil releasing from the masala.
• Then add the soaked rice and stir the rice with the tomato mixture properly and sauté it for a minutes.
• Then add the water as per requirement for a soften consistency in the rice in this time you just check the salt if you required you can add.
• Then cover the pressure cooker lid and cook for 2 whistles on medium flame. To get more soften rice you can also cook for 3 whistle also.
• Then switch off the flame and wait for the pressure settles down on its own.then remove the lid and gently mix the rice .
• Tomato rice is ready to eat serve hot with any chips or papad.

(Note:- 1-if you want you can fry little cashews and decorate in top of the tomato rice.

             2- Here I am using the pressure cooker for preparing the tomato rice if you want you can use a pan/Handi to prepare the tomato rice with same process but in medium flame it will take 15-20mints)