One pot dishes are my quick fix meals on busy days. I made Tomato rice today. Simple recipe with minimal spices. The sweet tart juices of tomato are beautifully absorbed by the rice yielding a subtly spiced dish that was well-loved by my family. Use nice red juicy tomatoes when trying this recipe. 1 Heat oil+ghee in a vessel or pressure cooker, add the curry leaves, sliced onions, green chillis, cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms and stir fry for 5 mts. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2-3 mts. 2 Add chopped tomatoes, pudina and coriander leaves to the sauteed onions and combine. Add salt to taste and combine well. Cook for 6-7 mts. 3 Reduce heat, add the raw rice, combine, saute for 3 mts. Add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce flame and cook till rice is done. If using pressure cooker, cook rice upto 3 whistles. 4 Serve hot with any curry of your choice or with just pickle, yogurt and appadam. Prep & Cooking: 30 mts Serves 4-5 persons . 8-10 curry leaves 8 cloves (do not skimp on cloves) 1″ cinnamon stick 2 cardamoms 1 large onion, finely sliced 3 ripe tomatoes, finely chopped 3 green chillis, slit lengthwise 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 4-5 pudina leaves 1/2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves salt to taste 1 tbsp oil + 1/4 tbsp ghee (ghee is optional)
