Tomato pulao.

Mix Vegetable Tomato Pulao

Tomato is a super veggy though it belongs to the berry family. It came to India from foreigners but it became an integral part of the Indian cuisine. Now a days can't think of a dish without tomatoes.. 

Tomatoes are world's healthiest food. It is a great source of vitamin C. Tomatoes are used in many ways in our day to day cooking. Salads, soup, curry, rice item and many more. Sometimes back I read an interesting article about Tomato halwa as a dessert.

Here I ll talk about a rice dish with tomato...‎ Tomato Pulao

Tomato Pulao is an one pot dish. It is very easy and quick to prepare this dish. It is very good for lunch boxes. It is best for the fuzzy eaters, because it gives scope to feed veggies to those kids.

Rice -1 cup

Veggies - 1 cup( carrot, capsicum, potato, cauliflower, beans and peas)

Tomatoes -  5 to 6 (medium size)

Onion - 1 big

Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves

Ginger - 1 inch

Cardamom - 2

Clove- 2 to 3

Cinnamon - 1inch, broken into pieces

Bay leaf - 1 leaf

Black pepper - 5 to 6

Green Chilli - 2

Zeera -1tsp

Chili powder - 1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - 1 tsp

Kasuri methi - 1 tbsp

Ghee - 1 1/2tbsp

Coconut - 1/2

Water - 2 cups

Rinse and wash rice properly and soak them in water

In the mean time chop the veggies. Also chop the onion, garlic and ginger. Give a slit to the green chillis. Chop the tomatoes roughly.

Scarp the coconut and add two cups of hot water to that. Mash the scarped coconut with hot water and make coconut milk and keep aside.

In a pressure cooker add ghee and whole garam masala and zeera. Let them release  their flavor to the ghee. Then add chopped onion, garlic, ginger and Chillies and saute them properly.

Add chopped tomatoes and fry them. Add salt, haldi, red chilli, sugar and  Kasuri methi. Cook up to the masala separates from the oil. Add the veggies and fry them in slow flame up to raw flavour of the veggies goes off. Then add the rice and fry again for 5 mins.

Now add coconut milk and taste it to balance the seasoning and close the lid. Cook for two whistles. Let it stand for 15 mins. 

Then serve hot with any raita of your choice.

Tomatoes are world's healthiest food. It is a great source of vitamin C. Tomatoes are used in many ways in our day to day cooking. Salads, soup, curry, rice item and many more. Sometimes back I read an interesting article about Tomato halwa as a dessert.

Tomato Pulao is an one pot dish. It is very easy and quick to prepare this dish. It is very good for lunch boxes. It is best for the fuzzy eaters cause it gives s scope to feed veggies to those kids.

Rice_ 1 cup

Veggies_ 1 cup( carrot, capsice, potato, cauliflower, beans and peas)

Tomatoes_ 5 to 6(medium size)

Onion_ 1 big

Garlic _ 4 to 5 cloves

Ginger_ 1 inch

Cardamom_ 1

Clove_ 2 to 3

Cinnamon_ 1inch, broken into pieces

Bay leaves_ 1

Black pepper_ 5 to 6

Green chilli_ 2

Zeera_ 1tsp

Chili powder_ 1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Suager_ 1 tsp

Kasuri methi_ 1 tbsp

Ghee_ 1 1/2tbsp

Coconut_ 1/2

Water_ 2 cups

Rinse and wash rice properly and soak them in water

In the mean time chop the veggies. Also chop the onion, garlic and ginger. Give a slit to the green chillis. Chop the tomatoes roughly.

Scarp the coconut and add two cups of hot water t that. Mash the scarped coconut with hot water and make coconut milk and keep aside.

In a pressure cooker add ghee and whole garam masala and zeera. Let them realise their flavor to the ghee. Then add chopped onion, garlic, ginger and Chile's and saute them properly.

Add chopped tomatoes and fry them. Add salt, haldi, red chilli, sugar and  Kasuri methi. Cook up to the masal separates from the oil. Add the veggies and fry them in slow flame up to raw flavour of the veggies goes off. Then add the rice and fry again for 5 mins.

Now coconut milk and taste it to balance the seasoning and close the lid. Cook for two whistles. Let it stand for 15 mins. 

Then serve hot with any raita of your choice.