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TOMOTA RICE/THAKKALI SADHAM
Bhuvana Devi
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Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
40
minutes
mins
Total Time
1
hour
hr
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Indian
Servings
4
Ingredients
Normal Rice-1 ½ cup
Water ratio 1:2
Garlic -Garlic Paste -1 tbsp
Coriander & mint leaves- 1 full hand
Cinnamon- 2
2 inch
Cloves-5
Cardamom-5
Cumin seeds- 1tsp
Fennel seeds-1/2tsp
Oil-2 tbsp
Ghee- 2 tbsp
Onion-1
chopped
Green Chilly -5
Tomato -7
Corriander powder-1tsp
Cumin powder- 1tsp
Chili powder- 1tsp
Bay leaf -2
Curry leaves- few
Salt- req
Instructions
Take the blender, Add Tomatoes blends well into a paste. Set aside.
Soak the rice for 20 min.
Heat a pressure cooker pan with 2 tbsp of oil, 2 tbsp of ghee, 2 cinnamon, 3 cloves,2 cardamoms, 2 bay leaves Fennel seeds cumin seeds, sauté it.
Add chopped onion, 5 green chillies, and salt. cook well till onion turns glossy.
Then, Add ginger-garlic paste, coriander, mint leaves and sauté well until raw smell goes.
Then add the tomato paste, sautés well in low flame for a few mins.
Add chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, salt, mix well.
Now, Add 3 cups of water, mix well.
Once forth comes, Add the soaked rice and mix well. Check for salt
Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook for 5 whistles.
Gently fluff the tomato rice and mix it. (do not over fluff, the rice may be broken).
Turn on the flame, Once the pressure released. open the pressure cooker, garnish it with coriander and mint leaves.
Notes
If you are using the basmati rice, wash clean, a soak it for 30 min, for cooking the water ratio is 1:1 and cook for 1 whistle in pressure cookware.