Tomato Rice/Thakkali Sadam

Tomato Rice/Thakkali Sadam

Ingredients

1. Cooked Basmati Rice - 2 cup
2. Tomato silced- 2
3. Onion sliced -1 cup
4. Green Chilly - 3 slit into two
5. Red chilly -2
6. Urad dal -1/2 tsp
7. Peanut -1/4 cup (Optional)-Roasted and unsalted
8. Turmeric Powder -1/2 tsp
9. Curry Leaves -1 spring
10. Coriander leaves -for garnishing (optional)
11. Garlic -3 cloves
12. Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
13. Oil -3 tbs
14. asafoetida -1 pinch (optional)
15. Salt to taste

Directions

• Cook the rice and drain the excess water and allow it to cool
• Heat the oil in a pan add mustard seeds.When it pop ups add Red chilly, onion,green chilly ,curry leaves and garlic,cook till onion become light brown
• Add the slice tomato and cook till tomato slices are disappeared
• Add turmeric powder and asafoetida and mix well
• Add salt mix well and taste it
• Add cooked rice and peanuts into the mixture and mix well
• Garnish with Coriander leaves
• Serve with Pickle or appalam or raita

Tips : 

• Allow the cooked rice to cool before it adding to the lemon mixture.So that rice will not break .
• If you like boiled egg,put egg pieces in tomato rice while serving....njoy....