Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

Seeraga samba rice – 1/2kg

Onion – 1 big sliced

Mint leaves – few

Coriander leaves – few

Green chilli – 2 or 3

Ghee –30 ml

Oil – 15 ml

Salt – as per taste

To grind 1:

Tomato – 8

To grind 2:

Mint leaves – ½ cup

Coriander leaves – ½ cup

To grind 3:

Ginger – 6 pieces

Garlic – 6 pieces

Green chilli – 3

To temper:

Bay leaves – 2

Cinnamon – 4

Cardamom – 4

Stone flower – 2

Star anise – 3

Cloves – 3

Fennel seeds – ½ tspn

Preparation:

Grind tomatoes & keep aside, grind mint, coriander leaves & keep aside, grind ginger, garlic, green chilies keep aside.

Heat cooker add ghee & oil, add tempering spices , then add green chilli, onion sauté well, then add mint & coriander leaves sauté for 30 secs.

Pour ginger garlic chilli paste sauté till raw smell goes. Add salt, tomato paste & mint coriander paste mix well . boil for 2 mins.

Add rice mix it well , add 600 ml water. Boil it till water reduces. close and cook it . 1 whistle in full flame and 3 mins in slow flame. Open and mix .

Serve with onion raita or with any gravy.