Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tomato pulao recipe

     Tomato pulao is the one which i wanted to post for a long time, but whenever i make this , it never turned out perfectly. My mom makes it in a different way,though i like her method, i wanted to make puloa. Check out my

Tomato pulao
    After so many trial and error, i finally got my perfect recipe.
INGREDIENTS:
TOMATOES 2 NO
ONION 1 NO.
BASMATHI RICE 1 CUP
CLOVE 2 NO
PEPPER 5-7 NO
ELACHI 1 NO
GARLIC 10 PODS
GINGER A SMALL PIECE
RED CHILLI POWDER 1/2 TSP
OIL 2 TSP
GHEE 1 TSP
MINT LEAVES FEW(OPTIONAL)
METHOD:
  • Chop the onions and tomatoes.
  • Ground the garlic, ginger and half of the onions into a fine paste.
  • Wash the rice and soak it in 1 1/2 cups of water.
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  • In a pressure cooker, add the oil and ghee and throw in the pepper ,cloves and elachi.
  • Add the onions.
  • Add the onion ginger garlic paste.
  • When the raw smell disappears,add the tomatoes , redchilli powder and salt to it.
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  • Saute for few minutes.
  • Now add the soaked the rice to this and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Add the water. Add the chopped mint leaves(if using)
  • Close the lid and wait till the cooker gives one whistle.
  • After that keep it in low flame for 15 mins.
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  • Enjoy hot with any raitha of your choice.
Thakkali-pulao
Note:
  1. If you are doing in rice cooker, add 1 3/4 cups of water.
  2. Since the tomato also give away water water, dont add water more than this.
  3. Otherwise the rice will be soggy.
  4. If you want it more spicy,you can grind 2 green chillies  along with the garlic and ginger.

34 comments:

  1. I love the grains separated and the beautiful saffron colour of the rice. The bowls are elegant and the contrast renders an extra touch to the beautiful click. Recipe sounds easy and relishable.

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  2. Thank u so much lataji and so happy to see you here

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  3. Tomato rice luks very colourful and delcious.Never tried in pressure cooker,i used to prepare in electric cooker.Nice clicks.

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  4. Simple n delish...nice shot...

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  5. Simple yet flavourful luv ur version...First click is so gud!

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  6. I never get tomato rice perfectly if I cook everything together,flopped so many times,have not clicked even once :( Nice recipe,will try this version soon...Neat presentation!

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  7. @raji,same thing for me too, if i cook rice seperately and make the masala sep, it will come very nice. After so many trials this time i got it

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  8. beautiful looking tomato rice..my hubby's all time favorite..will try your version next time i make it..
    Love your photos too especially first one..too good!!

    US Masala

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  9. Beautiful click jeyashri esp the first one...and it looks very delicious too....

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  10. tomato rice looks very delicious ..ur clicks tempt me very much ...i love to try ur version soon

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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  11. Beautiful clicks..mouthwatering tomato rice..

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  12. That does look perfect Jeyashri... very nice pictures.

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  13. wonderful clicks. i am drooling here. ur tomato sour taste is still in my tongue. I am sure this rice is also excellent.

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  14. Looks great and I bet it tastes delicious...

    http://treatntrick.blogspot.com

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  15. looks delicious and easy!A must try.

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  16. Yummy tomato rice,looks delish and beautiful presentation.

    Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

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  17. Lipsmacking..love this comforting rice

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  18. A lovely rice dish. I loved the first click, its beautiful :-)

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  19. Looks colorful and delicious..
    beautiful clicks.

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  20. Wat a beautiful looking rice, simply delicious and awesome clicks..

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  21. nice pics....lovely tomato rice...i make dis often but it does not come this well...will pat attention next time.

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  22. This is my mom fav lunch box recipe..she often perpare this..very nicely presented!!

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  23. Fst pic is awesome... i was goin through my previous posts and saw your comment in one..sorry for the delay in msging...my 8month old princess, Rithika is keeping me busy with her.. you have a wonderful page..happy to follow you..

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  24. my favourite one...i always use to do this...nice presentation!

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  25. This looks soo good jeyshri...
    and loving the way in which rice is cooked.... perfect n separated.

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  26. This is just an inviting recipe n my all time fav variety rice jeyashri .Catchy clicks .

    http://sanscurryhouse.blogspot.com

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  27. Its lunch time, romba pasikarathu!!!! can u pls pass that bowl here!!!! Mouth-watering!!!!

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  28. Wow this is such a mouth watering dish,very tempting clicks...i have o try this out...
    Rice grains are cooked to the perfection with correct balance of spices...Will let u know once i take up this venture..
    Thanks for sharing this recipe.

    Njoy Blogging n Happy Cooking...

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  29. I tried this today, it turned out perfect. I added carrots & broccoli stalks just to have some more veggies for health. Loved the rice. Thanks Jeyashri, whatever I've made from your blog has come out nice.

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