Ingredients

• 4 cups - rice
• 1/2 cup - tomatoes
• 1/4 cup - oil and ghee
• 2 - medium-sized onions
• Whole garam masala: 1 tsp - caraway seeds
• 5 - cloves
• 3 - cardamoms
• 1 inch - cinnamon
• 7 - green chillies
• 1 cup - mint, coriander, curry leaves (together )
• 1 tbsp - ginger garlic paste
• 1 - lemon
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Salt

How to Make Spiced Tomato rice

• First pressure cook the tomatoes in 500 ml water for up to 2 whistles.
• Strain the pulp, add water to get about 8 cups of juice.
• In a separate cooking pot, heat oil and ghee. Add garam masala and chopped onions to it.
• Saute and add green chillies to it. Cook until the onions are light brown in colour.
• Add the mint, coriander, curry leaves to it and fry them for 2 mins.
• Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric to it. Fry them well.
• Add the tomato juice to it.
• When the water starts to boil, add the washed rice and salt.
• When it is almost done, add lemon juice to it.
• Finally, cover the pot and leave it to simmer until the rice is done.