Tomato Pulao-Tomato Rice

We often are worried what to cook for today as we all don't want same repetitive dish, and this is the case with other woman who cooks and with every other day!
Tomato Rice is the one dish you can make at home without any prior preparation or without any hard to find ingredients as the ingredients are simple and the recipe is easy! You can make it when you have no idea what to cook or when you're in hurry. And let me tell you, It tastes like any other veg pulao! Simply Delicious!

Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice, 1 cup
• Onion, 2 sliced
• Red Tomatoes, 2-3 finely chopped
• Green chillies, 2
• Ginger-garlic paste, 1 tspn
• Red chilli powder, 1 tspn
• Turmeric, 1/2 tspn
• Garam masala powder, 1/2 tspn
• Oil, 2-3 tblspn
• Caraway seeds, 1/4 tspn
• Cloves, 2
• Black pepper, 2-3
• Cinnamon, 1 stick
• Bayleaf, 1
• Salt, 1 tspn
• Coriander leaves, handful, chopped
• Mint leaves, handful
• Ghee/butter, 1-2 tspn (optional)

Serves: 2

Recipe Type: Rice Recipes

Category: Veg

Recipe:

• Wash and soak rice for 20 mins.
• In a vessel, add oil.
• Add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, caraway seeds and stir for few seconds.
• Add onions.
• Fry till they are golden, don't burn them.
• Add Ginger-garlic paste and fry for few seconds on low flame.
• Add tomatoes, turmeric, garam masala powder, half of mint leaves and half of coriander leaves.
• Stir over high flame, when it starts to leave water, lower the flame and cook it covered till it separates oil. It should be mushy.
• Add red chilli powder, salt.
• Cook for 2-3 mins.
• Add 1-1/2 cups of water.
• When the water starts boiling, taste it and adjust salt, and if its little less spicy add sliced green chillies to taste.
• Drain water from soaked rice, add the rice to the boiling mixture.
• Cook till all water is soaked, add ghee from sides.
• Cover the vessel with a tight lid and cook over low flame till you see air coming from sides.
• Serve hot with curd raita, sliced onions and Achar! Garnish with left coriander and mint leaves!

Notes:

• Please do not skip any ingredient in the list as they all contribute to making delicious Pulao.
• Amount of water to be added depends upon which rice you using, the amount of it etc. Usually for one cup of rice - one and half to two cups water is added.