Tomato Rice

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A classic lunch box dish.pack this with some potato chips/raitha/hard boiled eggs and your kids would love it.I have presented it in the form of gravy-to be mixed with plain rice version.The gravy can be prepared well ahead and mixed with plain rice as and when needed.

Ingredients:

Rice 3 cups

water 41/2cup

salt-1tsp

To Grind:

Grated Coconut -a little less than 1/4cup

ginger 2 inches

 garlic  3clove

fennel1/4tsp

To temper

Oil  4tbsp

mustard seeds 1/4tsp

curry leaves 10 no

green chillies 4no(slit open)

urad and channa dhal 1/2tsp

For gravy

chopped onion  1/2cup

chopped tomatoes  2cups

turmeric pwdr 1/4tsp

red chilie pwdr 1tsp

coriander pwdr 2tsp

garam masala 1tsp

salt 1tsp

Method:

• Wash and soak the rice for 10mins
• Cook the rice with given water and salt.
• Cool the rice throughly.
• Grid the stuffs given under 'to grind' with little water into a fine paste.
• Take a heavy bottom sauce pan and pour in the oil.Temper the oil with te items under 'to temper'.
• Then fry the onions until golden followed by the tomatoes.Cook until the tomatoes are mushy.
• Add the masala pwdrs,fry.
• Now add the ground coconut paste.Saute until the mixture is well combined and the oil oozes out of the gravy.

 The gravy is now ready.Mix this with the cooked and cooled rice.check for salt and adjust accordingly.

Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve.