Day 3: 365 days kolam with south indian recipe

   365 days kolam with south indian recipe- day 3

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Kolam No 3

Recipe No 3

TOMATO RICE/THAKKALI SADHAM

 INGREDIENTS 

Rice- 1.5 cups 

Onion- 1 

Tomatoes- 3

 Oil- 1 tbs 

Ghee- 2 tsp 

cinnamon- 1 small stick 

Cloves- 3 

Bay leaf- 1 

Ginger +garlic +greenchilli paste- 1 tsp 

Green chilli - 2

 Chilli powder- 2 tsp

 Turmeric powder- 1 tsp 

Salt- to taste 

METHOD 

Heat up the oil+ghee, add in cinnamon, cloves, bayleaf, onion and ginger+garlic+chilli paste. Saute them until the raw smell leaves off. Add tomato, green chilli, chilli powder and turmeric powder and cook until it turns mushy. Add rice, stir them gently. Transfer them to a rice cooker.

 Add the measured quantity of water, i used basmati rice so for 1 cup of rice- i used 1.5 cups of water. Add some ghee on top,sprinkle some mint leaves. Add salt to taste. 

Heat up the oil+ghee, add in cinnamon, cloves, and bayleaf Add chopped onions Add in ginger+garlic+greenchilli paste saute them until the raw smell leaves off Add 2 slited green chilli Add chopped tomato, saute them Next goes the spice powder- chilli powder and turmeric powder. Saute them well.

Add little water and cook until the tomatoes re cooked well Add rice saute them for 1 or 2 minutes Transfer them in rice cooker. Add in measured water and some ghee, if you have mint leaves in hand throw some small bunch of it. Tomato Rice is ready!!