Serves: 4 persons

Cooking time: 20 minutes                             Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice
• 3 cups chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• ¼ cup chopped onions
• 3 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon homemade sambar powder or store bought
• 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 2 tablespoon chopped mint
• 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil/vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon ghee (optional)
• Salt to taste

Method

Cook the Rice. See Cooking Rice (For this recipe add required salt to the rice while cooking)

Heat butter in medium heat in a pan; add cumin seeds and mustard seeds; allow it to crackle. Then add onions and garlic and sauté until the onions are tender.

Add chopped tomatoes and sauté until the tomatoes are tender and water from that them has evaporated.

Add sambar powder, garam masala powder and mix well. Add mint and sauté for a few more minutes.

Once the rice is cooked and has been set aside for about 15 min to cool down, add the tomato mixture to the cooked rice.

Very slowly mix the tomato mixture into the rice. Add the ghee and stir into the rice gently.

Serve warm with raita or yogurt.

Note

White serving a child, the rice has to been cooked a little softer based on the chewing ability of the child. Can be giving to children over 12 months of age.

Extra Nutritious options

Add grated tomatoes and sauté it along with the tomatoes. The taste is just as great and makes it even healthier.

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