Tomato pulao
Tomato pulao is simple and flavoured rice recipe marinated with tomato puree and cooked with vegetables of your choice.
Yield: 4
Calories: 132kcal
Materials
- 1 bowl Cooked basmati rice Take regular rice, if basmati rice not available
- ½ tsp Jeera/ Cumin seeds
- ½ tsp Rai/ Mustard seeds
- 2 large Onions cut in cubes
- 3 medium Tomatoes cut in cubes
- 1 Capsicum cut in cubes
- 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste/grated
- ½ cup Tomato ketchup
- 1 tsp Lal mirch powder/ Red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Dhaniya powder/ Coriander powder
- 2 tbsp Pav bhaji masala
- 1 tsp Haldi/ Turmeric powder
- Pinch of hing/asafoetida
- Vegetables of your choice I have taken ½ red bell pepper, ½ orange bell pepper, ½ cup peas
- Salt per taste
- ½ cup finely chopped fresh coriander leaves for garnishing
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a thick bottom wide pan or kadhai on a medium flame.
- Add jeera and rai and saute till it splutters.
- Add a tbsp of ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds.
- Now, add cubed onions and cook it on medium flame till it turns translucent and tender.
- Add cubed tomatoes and cook for few minutes till it turns soft.
- Then add half a cup of tomato ketchup.
- Now add all the spices, hing, haldi, red chilli powder, and pav bhaji masala. And, cover with a lid and cook for 2 mins on low flame.
- Now, add salt, bell peppers and peas and cook for a few seconds.
- Pour half glass of water in a kadhai and cook till it boils.
- As it starts boiling, lower the flame and slowly add cooked rice and nicely mix all the ingredients.
- Cover and cook for 5 - 6 mins. When the rice absorbs all the water, a nice colourful tomato pulao is ready.
- Finally, garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve it with salad or raita.